re: Greg Popovich: "We live in a racist country that hasn't figured it out yet."

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Can you admit this is rare, like very very rare? I've never even heard of this.

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Another link, this one at West Feliciana.
While the prom incident in particular may not be common in bigger cities, it still happens in rural areas. In the city limits of the bigger cities of this poorer state, public schools were abandoned by anyone that could afford it, which is a reality whether we agree on the reasons or not. The kids who went to those proms I listed are in their mid-20's now.

For example, another that I read about in BR was allowing black members in BR country club. See This thread on the BRCC membership. There are other examples of segregated activities, but these are two notable ones in the south LA area I can remember off the top of my head. I think there wAs a town having two different parades as well.

That being said, it’s not an indictment on a particular race, or saying that all of a group of people are racist or anything like that, but it does still exist at some point. It’s getting better, and will continue to improve with time as the old guard dies off.

Essentially, if the reality/problems of some are different, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist or problems are non-existent. An analogous situation would be the problems of the first world vs the third world. If a mosquito bit me today, I wouldn't be thinkingo about it beyond killing it; but, if all I knew was some third world country I'd be thinking the mosquito could kill me.
It makes sense. Why waste time thinking about what doesn't impact you? I'd bet that in the prom case, the community (white and black) didn't think about it, it'd been going on for so long.
Some things are more subliminal, but it's there.