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In response to "LIR: Redmond, I have the same cognitive dissonance, actually." by ReluctantCynic

Depending on how you look at it, that is a long long time.

Posted by TFox Feb 12 '09, 22:30

If you use the beginning of slavery in the US up til the Civil Rights act, for example.

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Yeah ... there's a point at which the absolute numbers become kind of ludicrous. - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 22:41 1
- *handshake* - TFox Feb 12, 22:45
it certainly didn't end with the Civil Rights Act, you still had the endemic poverty and marginalization - znufrii Feb 12, 22:33 7
- Right, so you figure it took another 20ish years to get meaningful programs in place to actually help these people... - TFox Feb 12, 22:35 3
  - Snorks! I will say this. I never saw racism until I was in the Army. I saw it from both races. - Redmond Feb 12, 22:39 2
    - My most compelling brush with racism was when I first moved to Nashville. Not at all what I expected. - TFox Feb 12, 22:44 1
      - Ugh! Yeah, see this is why I look for other perspectives. I just don't see that stuff here. -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 22:48
- I think that was the turning point where things started headed in the right direction. It started off slooooowly but in the last 20 years has really - Redmond Feb 12, 22:35 2
  - I totally agree. -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 22:35 1
    - I just think we lose sight of and patience with how much further we really have to go, as a society -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 22:38

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