>until the neighborhoods desegregate, the schools
>won't.
>the neighborhoods won't desegregate unless more
>minorites obtain higher paying jobs
>
>the schools won't get better unless
>the property taxes that pay
>for them increase.
>the property values won't increase unless
>the people owning the property
>start making a little more
>money
>
>so...isn't busing the band-aid on the
>gunshot wound?

I actually don't have anything to say on the busing issue. But you're speaking some true words in the part I quoted above.

Question is: How do we work towards this in an effective way?