White people in this country are so used to being the dominant majority that any time there is anything like parity or if they become a minority it’s cause for panic. I find that sad and laughable at the same time.
Cupertino is a city, not an area, very near to where I live. Many white parents don’t want their kids to have to compete with the Asian kids, who very often are pressured by their parents to excel academically at the expense of everything else. There’s definitely some racism involved, but the parents want their kids to have a more rounded educational experience, without winding up in the bottom half of the class.
But you haven’t provided any actual examples of NET HARMFUL effects of desegregation, except some cases of lowered educational standards for white students.
All that says is that many desegregation efforts were not as effective (sometimes nowhere near as effective) as their proponents hoped, which is certainly a valid criticism.
But that in no way supports the position that desegregation efforts did MORE harm than good, or that the impoverished students would necessarily be better off now if desegregation had never been attempted.
The only examples you’ve provided of desegregation actually doing MORE harm than good are examples of diminished educational quality for white students. Which—as I noted—is exactly what I figured you were talking about when you claimed that desegregation sometimes caused more harm than good.
I think your problem here is that you’re not clear on the difference between “harmful effects” (i.e., desegregation having some negative consequences) and “net harmful effects” (i.e., desegregation having MORE negative consequences than positive consequences). You keep trying to use the two concepts interchangeably, and then get ticked off about being “misquoted” when you’re called on it.
I know it’s a city. I grew up near there. I probably should have just said Silicon Valley, but I wanted to zone in on a specific area that also included Lynbrook High, which is not in Cupertino.
I don’t think the Asian kids there are pressured by their parents to excel academically at the expense of everything else. Many of them are pressured to excel academically in addition to everything else in order to create the picture perfect college application - the piano/violin lessons, the club activities, the volunteer activities, sports, leadership positions, etc. I think it does cause lots of students to be overwhelmed and burn out, but don’t say that those Asian students do nothing but study.