Social attitudes don't change much within a current generation but over several generations with no real way to measure the success of any plan. It takes patience....something people don't always have enough of....as we tend to want drastic changes to happen in our own lifetimes. Not gonna' happen. I believe that legislative efforts to end deeply embedded racial attitudes have (predictably) failed. It would require a slow and measured pace and considerable patience to have done such from D.C. While there's no way to turn back the clock and prove otherwise, I'm of the thought that the racial climate of today would have been no worse had our elected just reinforced the basic constitutional principles already in place rather than bullying one race only.
is unravelling. I remember in a High School debate in 1965 saying it would take 50 years to end black-white racism. I was wrong, I think it'll take 70 or 80, but the progress has been enormous. The primary reservoirs of racism are among the extremes on both sides. Cross your fingers and be patient. I don't expect to see the point where black white racism is gone, let alone anti Mexican, anti Muslim and anti-whatever new candidate for prejudice emerges.
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