>While there is an extreme that says racism is over and it
>shouldn't be factored into our politic, there is also another
>extreme that says nothing has changed and the racial climate
>is basically more/less what it was in 1950 - that also is not
>true
>and is destructive to the composite narrative of 2015
>American
>society.

We are by far a nation of deniers and it goes ACROSS the board even beyond race.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/09/politics/florida-officials-climate-change-banned/

and to a certain extent I don't necessarily mind the 'ALL WHITE PEOPLE SUCK' narrative. The issues at play are less about the KKK variety widescreen hollywood racism but the people who would swear on their childrens lives they are not racist but see the recent glut of media coverage of police brutality as anomalies and the protestors as rabble rousers, lol.

We, Americans as a whole, have so much blood on our hands that we passively shrug off because it "wasn't us" when we all benefit. We need to feel more guilty, not less.