We have a LONG and very BUMPY road still ahead of us with racism. It's getting better.., but MUCH slower than most would think. The truth is that racism is just as strong as it was many years ago. However.., more people have become "closet case racists" due to the times.

It is still being taught in homes. Parent's today continue to not allow their children to play with minorities at school. They spread their hatred behind protected walls at home, and children take this ignorance to school with them.

My daughter's elem school is so racially (undiverse) it's shocking. You can probably count the number of African American children in that school on one hand. I've seen parents (after school) literally yank their children away while speaking to a minority child. I've heard parents say "didn't I tell you we don't talk to those people" after yanking their kids away too.

When my daughter was in Kinder. the school at the end of the year has a big "Field Day" for the entire school. It's a day of activities for ALL the children to play together. Parents are always invited to attend. It's at these types of events that you'll really see the ignorance in some people. I've seen parents pull their children out of events just because a minority child was participating.

My daughter has yet to experience racism. She's only 7 (almost 8). Eventually she's going to see the horrible racism within my wife's family. She'll eventually learn that when her mommy and daddy got married.., daddy wasnt' allowed in grandma's and grandpa's house because he was black. There was so much that happened over the years with her family too. Eventually my little girl will learn all this and it's going to confuse the hell out of her too.

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