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| Seventeen-year-old Quantae Williams
doesn’t understand why the U. S. Supreme Court struck down his school district’s
racial diversity program. He now (61) the prospect of leaving
his mixed-race high school in suburban Louisville and (62) to
the poor black downtown schools where he (63) in fights. "I’m
doing (64) in town. They should just leave it the
(65) it is," said Williams, using a fond nickname for suburban
Jeffersontown High School, (66) he’s bused every day from his
downtown neighborhood. "Everything is (67) , we get along
well. If I go where all my friends go, I’ll start getting in trouble again,"
Williams said as he took a (68) from his summer job
(69) clothing (70) for poor
families. Last month’s 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court struck down programs that were started voluntarily in Louisville and Seattle. The court’s decision has left schools (71) the country (72) to find a way to protect (73) in their classrooms. Critics have called the decision the biggest (74) to the ideals of the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education (75) , which outlawed racial segregation in U. S. public schools. With students already (76) to schools for the (77) year that begins in September, (78) will be immediately affected by the Supreme Court decision. In Jefferson County, officials said it could be two years (79) a new plan is (80) place, leaving most students in their current schools. |