Is the rise of "safe spaces" bringing back the era of segregation?

[NuclearDem]

37. Well, yes and no.

A big reason my generation is considered so open on certain issues is the work the previous couple of generations did. Gay liberation made coming out more socially acceptable, and when people we considered our friends or even members of our families came out, we had become so familiar with the concept of gay people that it just didn't bother us any. A lot of us growing up had black and Hispanic kids in our classrooms and we didn't really care about their skin color; we either liked them because we liked who they were or we didn't.

That's separate from our generation being coddled. The self-esteem movement really took off when I was in elementary school, teaching everyone how special and unique they were. When Columbine happened, everyone in the school systems ended up getting extraordinarily protective and sheltering, to the point of lunacy in some cases. Fortunately, my high school generally let us say or do whatever we wanted as long as we didn't break the law and didn't make learning too difficult.

So, yeah, two different issues coming from two different places.