Antibusing

/ˌæntiˈbjuːsɪŋ/ adjective

Definition

Opposed to the practice of busing students to different schools to achieve racial integration.

Etymology

From anti- (against) + busing, from the noun bus (short for omnibus, Latin for 'for all'). This term emerged in 1960s-70s America during school desegregation efforts.

Kelly Says

The antibusing movement reveals how education policy became a battleground for racial equality in America—resistance to busing was often coded language for resisting integration, and it's a powerful example of how language masks deeper social conflicts.

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