Condemning school board evasion is not the same as providing equal education.

Evidence

There was a problem with school desegregation decisions framed in this antidefiance form that was less discernible then than now. While a prerequisite to the provision of equal educational opportunity, condemnation of school board evasion was far from synonymous with that long-promised goal. — Derrick A. Bell, Jr., Brown v. Board of Education and the…, 126

Categorization

  • XREF: Extends Bell’s core interest-convergence critique: remedies shaped by judicial and political interests rather than black educational needs. Contrast with the aims of the other polyad courses treating equal opportunity instrumentally. — connects to: Racial-balance busing can be educationally destructive; effective black schools are preferable. — Derrick A. Bell, Jr., Brown v. Board of Education and the…, 147
  • DEFINE: Introduces ‘antidefiance’ framing of school desegregation decisions as distinct from affirmative educational remedies.