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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by Snaqwells
puleeze.
Things may not be perfect, and we certainly have a lot of room for improvement. But things have changed. Let's acknowledge the progress we've made as we continue to make more.
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Yes let us agree that lynching do not happen as often anymore. Great progress. 
MLK Jr. B-Day will be this weekend. Tell those that will speak how much progress has been made. You might be surprised what you hear.
Oh well, I guess we have overcome. 
Peace
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Rut,
I didn't say we'd overcome racism. I said significant progress has been made, and I'm not just talking about lynchings. I don't think I need to spell out the ways in which things are better now than they were 50 years ago; but I suppose we could get into that.
Mainly, as this instance illustrates, this kind of attitude is not acceptable by most people. Most of the refs I know recognize how this kind of language is damaging, and would have done exactly as Kristal did.
Unfortunately, racism can't be overcome overnight. It will happen, sadly, as the old racists die off and fewer and fewer of them are able to pass their filth on to their offspring. I wish it could move faster, and many great men and women have sacrificed immensely to speed the progress up. Maybe we could move faster, I don't know.
My only point in my response to you was that things have changed a lot; but I also recognize things need to change more.
I'll be honest with you, I don't know of a single racist person in my circle of friends and colleagues. I'm sure there are some, but they keep their mouths shut about it. That in itself is progress, IMO.
Peace to you, too.
Adam