To me this shows that while the civil rights movement of the ‘60s was needed, and a welcome relief, compared to the continuing world-wide denial of SERIOUS civil rights (slavery in Africa and China, 3rd class citizenship for women in Muslim countries, dictatorships and terrible corruption throughout the developing world) American racial discrimination, while wrong, was not as horrible as the Left today believes.
Americans BEFORE the ‘60s—the WWII and before generation—were a good and godly people, more-so in many ways, than they are today. Blacks, Jews, and other minorities—while treated unfairly by the system—were not cruelly and severely treated—as so many all around the world still are.
Yes, I’m glad for the accomplishments of the civil rights movement, then end of legal segregation was a very good thing—and I greatly desire to live in a color-blind America...but it seems to me the remnants of “the movement” are the biggest barrier to color-blindness left.
I also get very tired of the liberal-orthodoxy that we were a monstrously evil place before the enlightenment of 1960s generation....
But strangely enough, I have found that the only time I personally am “color-blind” is when I'm in a group of believers or interacting with a believer (and it might be a stranger). That might sound strange, but it's true. That's what breaks down all the barriers.... age, color, background, appearance, education...