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I cut this phrase from the lead paragraph:
I doubt that it's "neutral" to describe someone as a "symbol of racial bigotry". So, let's identify a person or group who labelled her that.
Like, A 1967 editorial in the Boston Globe called Hicks a "symbol of racial bigotry".
Or, black rights groups including the NAACP called felt that Hicks symbolized the racial bigotry of South Boston's white working class
Better yet, put something in the lead paragraph like
And explain what her objections were. (I lived in Boston during that time, but I was just a kid so I don't remember her position exactly.) --Uncle Ed 15:28, 31 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Anonymous wrote:
Moved here from the article -- Viajero 13:39, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Where is the attribution for the racial breakdown of Boston Public Schools students? And can someone attribute Hicks' prediction?
And Anonymous, as far as I know, the "open enrollment policy" did not end segregation; it allowed parents of means to pay for their child's transport to another school of their choice. Thus, it became a tool for white parents in racially diverse neighborhoods to send their children to school in majority-white neighborhoods, while most African-American families could not afford the extra expense, thus exascerbating the residential segregation of Boston's neighborhoods. I could be wrong here... Friedrichhajji 02:51, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
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