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Desegregating schools requires more than giving parents free choices – a scholar studies the choices parents of all races make

  • Written by Chantal Hailey, Assistant Professor of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
imageRacial bias may play a role both in the schools that families choose for their children and the experiences their children have.Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Chantal Hailey is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts.Her work focuses on the role of race and racism in how people...

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