Eh, longer than I’ve been alive. It can take a while sometimes, but there was a lot of resistance to overcome. That kind of racism wasn’t something that could be easily overcome with a law, certainly not with screaming/fighting, or murder, or stealing & burning shit down; this racism was inscribed on the hearts of others by their parents, families, communities…things done in anger & blind hatred only perpetuate it. This lingering racial discrimination required public actions like this to erase it. Humility, acceptance, quiet persistence, love. Qualities & traits that don’t exactly abound in today’s so-called “culture”, if you ask me.

This is not a super popular thing to say & it doesn’t map onto this racial discrimination at all, but generally speaking you wouldn’t want a society that’s quick to change. Prone to flights of fancy, turning this way & that in the wind. You want society to be strong, cohesive, truly united, and defined/driven by a set of agreed upon values. I see a lot of people pulling a lot of different directions. We can’t agree on anything, and sometimes, our goals are even in direct opposition. It’s hard to build & maintain a strong society when we can’t agree on a sturdy foundation, the things we stand for.