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You're confusing government with citizens. The letter of the law changed but the culture lagged behind.
by bavell 4y ago
You're confusing government with citizens. The letter of the law changed but the culture lagged behind.
- nkozyra 4y ago> You're confusing government with citizens. The letter of the law changed but the culture lagged behind. I don't they are. The law that abolished slavery changed, but racial segregation was - by definition - inequality. That it was postfixed "but equal" really underscored how hard they tried to dress it up. It was confirmed - by governments - in a number of cases, Plessy v. Ferguson being the canonical one.