@coldjoint,
coldjoint wrote:Even if it not Harris (which I doubt) in the picture the rest is true. She was never segregated that is what she is lying about. Or is it alright if she can get away with it?
Elementary schools in Berkeley were de facto segregated. In 1963, according to data published by the Berkeley school district, there were just 15 "Negro" students at Thousand Oaks Elementary -- 2.5% of the student body. By contrast, there were 561 "Caucasian" students, 95.1 percent.
The NAACP and other civil rights activists complained about this segregation for years, and in 1962 the school board appointed a Citizens' Committee on De Facto Segregation to study the issue. It concluded that 14 of the 17 district elementary schools were effectively segregated. Seeking to rectify the situation, the school board voted unanimously in early 1968 in favor of a busing plan in which more than 3,000 students, both black and white, would be bused to different communities.
That two-way busing plan was implemented in 1968. Kamala Harris entered school the year after. So yes, director of community relations for the Berkeley Unified School District Natasha Beery confirmed by email, "Senator Harris is correct in describing her experience in 1969 as the second year of the busing integration program".
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