As a blanket statement I reject that entirely. It may have been true then, and it might be true now, but for the UP to collectively punish an entire counntry for a disease that only the victims can cure themselves, is a bit much.
At least in California, I remember no such things in the 50s. or the 60s; or now.
“At least in California, I remember no such things in the 50s. or the 60s; or now.”
It existed. I was a military brat. We lived in Selma Alabama in 1966-67.
Also, I read some polling data from around 1960. At the time, the large majority of whites said they would sell their house and move if a black family moved into the house next door. By 1970, the reverse was true. The decade of the 60s saw a huge change in American opinion of blacks and integration.
I used the 50s because it was probably the last decade where racism was approved of in many places. Consider this:
“These cases present for our consideration questions relating to the validity of court enforcement of private agreements, generally described as restrictive covenants, which have as their purpose the exclusion of persons of designated race or color from the ownership or occupancy of real property.”
http://supreme.justia.com/us/334/1/case.html
It wasn’t until 1948 that the Supreme Court ruled restrictive covenants that excluded blacks from owning houses in some places could not be enforced by state courts.
And Jackie Robinson joined the major leagues in 1947. The Supreme Court outlawed segregated public education facilities for blacks and whites in 1954. The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, ending legal segregation.
Blacks were very much second or third class citizens through the 50s. Racism WAS real and horrible.