The issue has been replaced with talk of new housing options in the same low-income areas. While Mayor Ben Walsh is taking action on the housing issue, no one has publicized Syracuse’s segregation in schools and neighborhoods. It seems that this prevalent segregation in Syracuse has been accepted by our nation. The city announced a plan to replace the highway with a street level roadway last year, but it’s upsetting that the issue has just recently been talked about and confirmed for change. While the governing body of Syracuse is not deliberately discriminating against Black communities living in low-income areas, the division resulting from the I-81 highway and the city’s lack of attention on the issue has caused segregation in schools even now. The Civil Rights Act ended discrimination nearly 50 years ago. ![]() “It displaced long-time residents and ensured that poverty, pollution and a lack of resources would hurt the community that lived in the highway’s shadow that still persists today,” according to an article from the New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. The highway was built in 1959 and was constructed directly through a working class Black neighborhood. In Syracuse, the I-81 Highway is a physical barrier separating poverty level and low-income families from wealthier neighborhoods in the Syracuse area. The disparities between low-income neighborhoods and wealthier neighborhoods amplifies the segregations in these schools. “Syracuse is like many other cities in the northeast that have maintained segregation by housing, by ethnicity as we see the growth of suburbs that have become whiterĪnd more distant from the city,” said George Theoharis, Professor of Educational Leadership at Syracuse University to CNY Central. The Century Foundation’s map shows that Syracuse is in the dark blue zone, meaning it has high segregation in schools. A study conducted by The Century Foundation analyzes “ School Segregation in Cities Across America Mapped.” The data highlights the segregation between White and Black students across the country in public and private schools in the country. ![]() Local Syracuse schools in the community are ranked as the 13th most segregated schools in the nation. SU is made up of an array of diverse backgrounds, and we should pay attention to the larger Syracuse area. Being from New York City, I was able to experience education in a diverse community. Although I am not from the Syracuse community, as a Syracuse University student, I think it’s important to acknowledge and talk about the educational segregation in Syracuse city schools.
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