55th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

On November 14th, I made my way back to the Schomburg Center to listen to a forum discussing the 55th Anniversary of Brown v. DOE. I thought the discussion would be highly appropriate due to the recent visit to the Courage exhibition. This discussion highlighted the affects of the decision made by the Supreme Court and where we are today in education.
The keynote speaker from Yale University Owen M. Fiss, was knowledgeable on the topic of what produced the judgment of equality for all in our schools, but at times, I found him to be off-putting because it seemed as if he was trying to restate what the black community struggle was from the inside looking out when I strongly doubt he has had to deal with any struggles or face any forms of racism as a white male in America. Even with that being said, i did glean some solid and valuable information worth reflecting upon.
One point that he made was something we talk about in class on occasion which is the "REAL" results of Brown v. DOE. School hierarchy was made up from slavery times. So this leads me to conclude that since we have over 80% teaching America, the way they are taught, what information is disseminated and how the children are treated are at the mercy of the slave master aka The Teacher.
Although the case fought for equality, according to Owen, blacks are still uneducated, make less and are disadvantaged. Economic and social parameters continue to effect black communities. So this leads me to wonder, how are we allowing poor blacks to gain access to the same privileges as someone in the middle/ upper class, or as white students who live in the same town/city but have way better schools?
Some ways the system can work on this as brought out by the speaker was to include parents in the educational process, support parents as they try to keep their children safe, there should be equal per capita expenditures(I believe property tax should not be the only way ( bulk of the way)in which school funding is provided ) teachers and administrators need to understand and take into consideration the family make-up.
We have an epidemic occurring and for once, we need to stop blaming the black students who come in with an insignificant chance or support. It's time to look at the educators and administration and say maybe it's me who's the problem. These kids may not have spit flying onto their heads, or stones thrown at their backs, but when they enter their schools the anti-learning environment they are succumbed to makes me wonder if the Brown decision did anything at all.