Don't use the term "forced busing" when talking about Boston's desegregation efforts

By the mid-1960s, the term “busing” emerged as a useful political phrase and organizing tool for those Bostonians eager to oppose desegregation, all while still distinguishing themselves from their White Southern counterparts.
In actuality, Boston children were already being bused without objection from White parents or politicians - often to maintain segregation. Refusing to rezone, and with Black schools desperately overcrowded, the school committee moved to institute double-session days in Black schools rather than bus Black children from overcrowded schools to White schools - even though White children were bused to other White schools to eliminate overcrowding.
Editor-in-chief Jamil Smith explains why it is problematic to use it without proper context.