• LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Don’t hold your breath. We’ve been waiting for this sentiment to go away via attrition for a couple hundred years. There are always plenty of young bigots, and public sentiment has just become a swinging pendulum.

    We outnumber them. We need to stop being victims of our own apathy.

    • Animated_beans@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Don’t sell humanity short- we are getting better. When my mom was born, women weren’t allowed to get credit cards without the permission of a man. Ruby Bridges is still alive and in her sixties. People forget how recent the Civil Rights era was. We’ve made a lot of progress in recent decades and while we still have a long way to go, we are improving.