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In response to "Depending on how you look at it, that is a long long time." by TFox

it certainly didn't end with the Civil Rights Act, you still had the endemic poverty and marginalization

Posted by znufrii Feb 12 '09, 22:33

albeit no longer overtly determined by their skin color.

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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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