The problem was that the Nixon administration was not enforcing the law banning such schools from claiming tax-exempt status, a move that plainly encouraged southern whites to leave public schools.

• 法律本来是禁止这些学校申请免税资格的，但问题是尼克松政府并没有实施这些法律，结果显然是怂恿南方白人学生离开公立学校。