[Is this the first step to forced bussing? Can anyone see white parents choosing to send their kids to all black inner city schools? Or can we see black parents sending their children to white flight schools in the countryside?-ed]

Some schools would be able to select pupils by race in order to improve community relations under plans being considered by the Conservative Party.

Shadow education secretary David Willetts said city academies could use racial selection to unite communities divided by race or religion.

Government figures in the Observer show some schools in England have a pupil majority from one ethnic group.

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