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by TeMPOraL 3319 days ago
Everywhere in the 60s or everywhere in pre-Uber XXI century? Honest question; I was under the impression that most of the racism problems in the US have been solved before I was born.
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Racism in the US is not currently solved, so your impression is incorrect. Slavery is gone, and legal segregation is gone, but racism is still alive and well.

While the other comment is particularly snarky, and while modern day racism is less overt than activities like lynching, it still exists.

As an easy example from recent news, a Texas judge posting on facebook that it was "time for a tree and a rope" (which is an implied lynching)[0].

[0] - http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local-govt--politics/judge-m...