[sinkspur]

Do you think most black children who grow up in the ghetto are better off now because they can use the same drinking fountain as I?

Nah. I guess they were better off when they were treated like second-class citizens, with separate facilities, discrimination in hiring practices and discrimination in voting.

[yellowdoghunter]

You equate having a stable home life with hiring practices? I think we are coming at this from two different angles. But that is not surprising.

Anyway, I think society was much better off when family-values were promoted in the media and in every other form. Somewhere along the way, in the 60's, that all changed.