We have come a long way, but there is a hard core of bitterness and suspicion among some blacks
It is not entirely unfounded. So long as the notion survives that racism and segregation might be allowed, if only in pockets, protected by local control and private property, then the problem will persist and periodicly grow.
That is why I think the best course is to legislate the outcome, let the participants determine how segregation, Jim Crow laws, and any visible manifistation of the same are to be eliminiated, and then have them eliminate it. Such a process is usually called Affirmative Action. It is not a goal, but a process to achieve a goal. So long as some think that the process can be ignored, or drug out, or redefined or anything other than be addressed, they will not accept the outcome as inevitable. 50 years is long enough.
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