“Let bygones be bygones” is not a legitimate approach if we wish to call ourselves a constitutional democracy.
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“Let bygones be bygones” is not a legitimate approach if we wish to call ourselves a constitutional democracy.
By failing to recognize that we now live with the severe, enduring effects of de jure segregation, we avoid confronting our constitutional obligation to reverse it. If I am right that we continue to have de jure segregation, then desegregation is not just a desirable policy; it is a constitutional as well as a moral obligation that we are required to fulfill.