Were Blacks better off under segregation?
Whilst the system of segregation was not perfect, would nanyone here agree that we were all better off (blacks aswell, if not moreso than whites) under segregation? Multiracial communities are fertile soil for unnessecery racial tension. Pre segregation crime rates, on both balck and whites sides were much lower, both black and white schools were better performing and more disciplines, and today in most multi-racial societies, voulentary self segregation exists to a large degree anyway. The disadvantages seemed trivial, heck if segregation was returned, I would voulentarily sit at the back of the bus.
I know they say that some of the services in black areas were sub standard, but if facilities really were separate, and truly of an equalstandard , whats the problem?