Evan Barker (in the photo) went to school with black people. Her memories are shocking only to those who live in a blissful state of ignorance about the effects of desegregation in schools. I quote: "From experience, I know that even a well-funded school (and the one I attended had no shortage of resources, in fact, we even had Palm Pilots in class) and good teachers are not enough when chaos in the classroom is such a frequent occurrence that learning becomes practically impossible. Those who have not experienced it will not understand. The school was not a place of learning - every day was literally a fight for survival. During breaks between classes, I would run as fast as I could just to avoid being attacked. I saw fights with my own eyes and watched as a solitary police officer squeezed his way through the corridor through a crowd of screaming students to the battered victim. In such a permanent survival mode, one cannot learn. By the end of seventh grade, we had a whole series of bomb threats. My mother visited the administration more often than I can count. She begged them to expel those students who threatened to beat me up every day. The school authorities didn't lift a finger in this matter." (translated)