Race relations still have a ways to go - Yahoo! News
Race relations still have a ways to go - Yahoo! News: "Fifty years ago, Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was lynched in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman.
Thankfully, today we appear to live in a new world.
Gallup's annual Minority Rights and Relations poll of 2,264 adults released last month found that a majority of Americans now approve of interracial dating.
The numbers are encouraging, particularly among the young. Not surprisingly, approval declines significantly with each succeeding age category, probably a reflection of those whose lives intersected more with the days of Till, Rosa Parks and the civil rights era."
Thankfully, today we appear to live in a new world.
Gallup's annual Minority Rights and Relations poll of 2,264 adults released last month found that a majority of Americans now approve of interracial dating.
The numbers are encouraging, particularly among the young. Not surprisingly, approval declines significantly with each succeeding age category, probably a reflection of those whose lives intersected more with the days of Till, Rosa Parks and the civil rights era."
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