Back in my college days, when we were protesting the Vietnam War, racism and, it seemed, most of our parents' generational beliefs, I imagined a better world, led by my liberalized generation. Now, more than fifty years later, I acknowledge that little has changed.
The quest for wealth, power and superiority has poisoned my generation as well and a significant portion of American society retains the mysticism, racism, militarism and nationalism that existed back in the Sixties and Seventies. Though we managed to elect a black President for two terms, the underlying racial hatred in our country surfaced throughout his years of leadership.
Now, led by a racist buffoon and subject to the whims of a far-right Supreme Court, civil rights are under attack. Each ruling takes us farther back in time, to an era when all "minorities" were second class citizens.
See also: The Nature of Racism and No Racist
