Self-Segregation And Self-Segregation

“I believe that blacks, including poor blacks, should be free to self-segregate in neighborhoods and that this practice is not incompatible with justice” (Shelby 67). Shelby states that black self-segregation is valid and compatible with justice; however, I believe that this statement highlights that self-segregation of the underprivileged is the only segregation compatible with justice. When the privileged, in this case white people, practice self-segregation, it is rather called discrimination. The lack of finance and education hinders black people from the integration into the society of self-segregated affluent white households with excellent education and high income. This creates a cycle of endless segregation and division within the
In order to bridge this social gap, one party must give up their benefits, and Shelby claims that it is necessary for the white people whom were born with the social privilege to do this act. This in a way will force the white people to give up their form of self-segregation and their resources so that the black people can integrate into the white society; however, is it morally right to take away the advantages and the resources that one party has so that the other can be equal to them? When looking in the white person’s point of view, this idea is unjust because it requires then to relinquish the natural advantage that grants them success. If we were successfully integrate and distribute the same amount of social, political, and economical power to both white and black societies, we would not have a clear distinction between success and the less so. In other words, we would not be granting the portion that someone, mostly the white affluent people, deserves regardless of their effort and resources that they had put in to achieve that