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In Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because "separate is inherently unequal." Does this mean that schools should be legally required to have racially balanced student populations? In other words, should the racial composition of the school be required to match the racial composition of the surrounding area's population (i.e., if the county is 60% white, 30% Hispanic, and 10% black, should each school in the county be required to approximate those percentages in its student population?)? Why or why not?
It is necessary to have a mixed culture followed when children grow up as this can sharpen their cognitive abilities. When the racial distribution is even with the students depending on the racial composition of the surrounding may help children to get many social benefits. Schools in America enroll students based on the socioeconomic integration policies. Some benefits are like students get better scores , they are likely to get enrolled for higher college education and less school drop outs . This helps students to achieve better than racial gaps as earlier the Latin and black students had poor achievements. One of the changes observed from the change of schools from segregation to integration has helped to reduce the SAT score difference between the racial. This also helps to students to do better critical thinking and improve life skills, creative skills and problem solving abilities.