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Originally Posted by DrPhil

This is a common exaggeration. It's like having $5 in the bank, depositing $2, and then running around preaching about how better off you are now because God has given you a lot of $$$$$. "More inclusiveness" is a relative measure that is based on perception of where we've come from. If your point of reference is a society where there are separate drinking fountains or there are damn near zero minorities professors at most universities then, sure, you'll WOW at how inclusive society is now.

Good point. Heck I remember when I opened my first savings account as a 12 y/o kid and put $15 in the bank ($30 - $35 adjusted for inflation). As a kid accustomed to having only about $2-$4 (or less) at any given time, I thought I was ballin'. Or as Curly of the Three Stooges once said, "$500? That's almost a million."

This is still an extremely racially segregated society...

I don't know about extremely segregated, but I do know that sometimes, we can be as complicit in having a racially segregated society as the mainstream. Again, it's not a one-way street.