Derrick Z. Jackson endangers the nation's hot air supply implying that the racially homogeneous character of the Boston area's schools - a product of housing patterns, merit and choice - are akin to pre-Brown v. Board America - a product of government mandated racism. While most of us would see the solution in trying to help failing schools, for Jackson, the solution appears to be more racist face-counting.

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