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Community/civic/solutions journalist. Always looking for a good quote. Exec director @dallasfreepress. Formerly reporter/editor @advocate_ed.
Nov 15, 2022 8 tweets 5 min read
I'm looking for the right words for @dallasfreepress' presentation this Wednesday to the @DallasTRHT #RENOW2023 cohort, and coincidentally, "desegregation" is the @Dictionarycom #wordoftheday.

dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-… Another thing: "desegregation" ≠ "integration"

"Desegregation, 'the elimination of laws under which people are separated'...comes from Latin sēgregāre, 'to part from the flock.' Though segregation is often contrasted with its rhyming opposite integration, the two are unrelated.