Thank you Thom Hartman for your perspective on the Marissa Johnson diatribe

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55. My grandmother said the same to my mother. My mother said the same to me.

And now all I can do is pass that along and hope that it will be eradicated in my children's lifetime. But I think that's unrealistic as well.

Because we are still seeing employment discrimination. And housing discrimination. And racism in every single social movement. And black people shot dead in the streets by people who swore to protect them. And racism in media. And racism in sports. And racism in prison sentencing. And racism in health. And. And. And.

It''s not as bad as my grandmother's time. My grandmother, who read Kafka for fun when she was young and is one of the most literate well read people I know, could only find employment as a school teacher. She could have been president in another world. My mother remembers as a child not being allowed to go through the front doors of shops.

It's not as bad as their time. There is no question of that. But it can damn sure be better and it ain't nowhere as good as it could be.