Reply #3: To be fair, I am 56. [View All]

[charlyvi]

Born in 1951, so my growing up years were the fifties, sixties, and young adulthood in the 70's and 80's. I remember segregation, the horrible riots in Watts, Chicago, New York City. The assasination of JFK, RFK, MLK jr. The bigotry of all the George Wallace's in the nation, and probably the most bitter memory is that of Vietnam. My point is, the past was never as good as the memories of it. The seeds of today were all there; waiting to grow while we thought our struggles against inequality, (racial, civil, gender, and economic) were for the most part succeeding. At least I thought that. I was very wrong.