>>such an open, welcoming, tolerant, and free nation that opened its doors to your parents or grandparents or great grandparents<<
That'll getcha the big raspberry, RD.
You fixed it up real good.
.......segregation by law dates from the founding of the nation and was particularly widespread in the South for about 80 years, before the courts and the Congress of the United States prohibited legally sanctioned segregation in the 1950s and 1960s. At the end of the 20th century, de facto segregation remained a problem in many places in the United States. De facto segregation has resulted from residential housing patterns, economic factors, personal choice, "white flight" from central cities, and private, and often illegal, discrimination by home owners, real estate agents, and lending institutions. The results are often segregated neighborhoods, and consequently segregated schools, recreational facilities, and other public and private institutions. |
