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I don’t think we will see anyone happy about racism in our lifetimes. I think we will see progress for sure, but never to a point where we as a society say “we are there.” I have seen progress in my lifetime. I grew up in New Orleans and moved to a small town as a teenager. I saw the difference right away. I wasn’t allowed to invite friends to salary with us for a few days because I was told it wouldn’t go well. The high school I went through had to drive through my town for away football games and the black fella’s would lower their heads below the windows. A friend was kicked out of their home by their parents at 16 for dating a black person. And it is not just the south. I live in Wisconsin and see racism here. For me personally though I have seen change. Is it fast enough, of course not.
We made a lot of progress, but over the last 6 years we have done some serious backsliding. The greatest indicator is my kids high school experiences. I have 26, 24, 18, and 16-year-olds. The last 2 are experiencing things the first 2 didn't have to go through because we have seen the clock set back about 30 years on race relations over the last 6 years.