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Originally Posted by wittynickname
I think one of the biggest problems in the US is the attitude from many white people that Racism Is Over. Racism hasn't really changed all that much--and it isn't all that long ago that states wouldn't even allow interracial marriage. Both of my parents were alive in 1968--my father was out of high school already. They're in their mid-60s. The Civil Rights movement wasn't some ancient event--many of the people who fought for (and against) that revolution are still alive today.
We haven't really changed that dramatically in 50 years.
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So besides the fact that 50 years ago interracial marriage was still outlawed in many states, housing was still segregated, only a small fraction of white Americans had ever gone to school or worked with a black American, very few blacks had attended college, and there were almost no black police officers, not really much has really changed.
So basically MLK and other Civil Rights campaigners didn't really achieve much. Is that about right?