Anti-busing parents framed opposition as race-neutral fiscal concern while endorsing integration.
Evidence
A married couple from the southeast suburbs informed the president that they supported integration and believed that high-achieving black students deserved to attend the best white schools but warned that two-way busing would drive away affluent families and “bankrupt the school system.” — Matthew D. Lassiter, The Suburban Origins of “Color-Blind”…, 72
Categorization
- QUESTION: To what extent does this mirror modern affluent-liberal NIMBYism about school funding or gentrification-mandated busing plans?
- XREF: Connects directly to the reader’s interest in segregationist ideology rebranded as race-neutral ‘color-blind’ individualism. — connects to: Black working-class parents rejected one-way busing as unequal integration; Suburban conservatism paired rhetorical support for integration with opposition to its means. — Matthew D. Lassiter, The Suburban Origins of “Color-Blind”…, 20; Affluent parents pursue segregation while sincerely believing they favor equality — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 981 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Suburban conservatism paired rhetorical support for integration with opposition to its means.
#corroborates(0.90) — Matthew D. Lassiter, The Suburban Origins of “Color-Blind”…, 20 - Black working-class parents rejected one-way busing as unequal integration
#qualifies(0.82) - Antibusing activists reframed opposition to desegregation as defense of individual liberty against state coercion.
#expands(0.80) — Matthew D. Lassiter, The Suburban Origins of “Color-Blind”…, 58 - Affluent parents pursue segregation while sincerely believing they favor equality
#expands(0.78) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 981