The only thing that irks me about headlines like this is the assertion that it's an issue "in the South" and (implied) only in the South.
In reality, this is an issue all over the US, and to a greater extent, well outside the South. New York and California in particular are among the most infamously segregated schools in the country, with New York being right at the top.
Alabama absolutely has issues, along with the rest of the South. But headlines like these aren't helping the overall problem as much as contributing to the problem. Focusing only on the South as the problem is how many Northern states got to the point where they had the most segregated schools in the first place. You can't fix a problem you refuse to acknowledge.
