[giraffe_lady]

There's no reason to think those things will get better either, in fact maybe the opposite. The gains we've made against racism, misogyny, homophobia, etc were hard-won, localized, limited, and recent. At least in my country right now we're seeing a serious and so far somewhat successful revanchist backlash against many of them.

Whether the positive changes will stay as they are or continue to improve is unclear, they certainly aren't well established or uncontested.

[Eddy_Viscosity2]

Yes, just because these things have improved doesn't mean they can't get worse, a lot worse.