Its soooooo hard explaining this to white people and even some POC. Some people seriously don't get it. They (the elites) need racism to keep everyone ok with the evil and barbaric things they were and are still doing. If the populace wasn't racist they would be outraged, the only way to be OK with the United States…

I agree. There are a lot of people who believe that racism - and the consequences of racism - somehow magically ended in the 60s.

I think part of the point is to demonstrate how an area's racist past shapes it's current form. There seems to be a very strong urge among many to dismiss any disadvantage minority groups have today by saying things like "that was 60 years ago!" but articles like this show that even policies made out in a state 160…

A racist past, yes, but one that is taught in classrooms as being a product strictly of the American south while washing over the racism of northern cities.