School Segregation Continues

Today the public school system in Jackson is about 98 percent black. Some of this resegregation came about simply because of where people live—after all, the population of Jackson is about 80 percent black. But about 20 percent of Jackson’s population is white. So where are those white kids going to school? Most of them attend private Christian academies, many which were established in the ’60s, after schools were forced to desegregate.

Academically, these academies are among the best schools in Jackson, so I understand why parents want to send their children to them. I don’t want to…