"Is This the End of Freedom of Choice?": Examining the Rhetoric of School Segregation in the 20th and 21st Century

Identifier

133

Author

Ashton Elizabeth Toone

Date

2018

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Major

Communication

Concentration

Communication Studies

Committee Chair

Michael Steudeman

Abstract

This project is intended to examine the rhetoric of school segregation in Memphis, TN, past and present. It analyzes the rhetoric of the 1970s busing crisis in conjunction with the municipal school district secession of the 2010s. This project critically looks at how the rhetoric of "choice" is used as a tool to uphold modern day segregation versus how it was used at the height of the original school segregation debate. It is in an attempt to think critically not only just of the implications of our language, but how our language is reflected in and shapes the policies that govern us.

Comments

Undergraduate Honor's Thesis

Library Comment

Honors thesis originally submitted to the Local University of Memphis Honor’s Thesis Repository.

Recommended Citation

Toone, Ashton Elizabeth, ""Is This the End of Freedom of Choice?": Examining the Rhetoric of School Segregation in the 20th and 21st Century" (2018). Honors Theses. 83.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/honors_theses/83