The fact is that we don't need to take these steps anymore. Racism is not completely extinct - and perhaps it never will be - but it's generally been wiped out for all intents and purposes. Look at the highest offices in our land and you'll see many minorities holding important jobs. Check out the entertainment business and the sporting world and you'll come across countless minorities earning great livings. Pick up a local paper or magazine and you'll see interracial couples, integrated events, and diverse workplaces, schools, churches, and restaurants. The younger generation barely even notices race anymore. Walk into most schools across America and you'll witness young kids of all races playing in the yard as if their grandfathers were too best friends. Just like the gay marriage issue, as the younger generations grow up, these old conflicts will die away. We don't need to kill them by using forced integration methods and overarching laws in our education system.
The Supreme Court's decision was the right one. Where people live, eat, worship, and send their kids to school, is their own decision. The government should stay out of our personal lives as much as possible. And in this case, not only was the government interfering with our lives, they were relighting a fire that was put out long ago.
Yes, there are still some racist people out there. Barry Bonds will get booed by a few of them, Barack Obama will be threatened by some of them, and a few good Americans might experience a hardship or two because of these bigots. But all in all, racism is dead in America. A black man or woman has the same opportunity to succeed as any other person on the planet. So it's time our government stopped looking at people by the color of their skin. Enough is enough. And this ruling was a good step in that direction.
America doesn't need more programs to end hatred, racism, and bigotry. It needs more individuals with loving hearts and open minds. It needs people like you and me to soften our stance and reach out to someone we don't know, don't understand, or don't look like. Our country needs people to walk down the street without bias or prejudice against the homeless man or single mother. Americans needs to forget about race in order to become one race.
This recent ruling by the Supreme Court was the correct decision, but I hope that from now on, we can keep the courtroom and the classroom separate. Let's stop using laws to bail us out of tough situations and instead use our hearts and minds to bring about what we know to be right.