Response to Little Rock Nine

There were a lot of unbelievable occurrences in the video. It's shocking how open and accepting American society was toward racism, so much so a politician can threaten the streets to run with blood if black children attended school with white children. It also goes to show that this all didn't happen that long ago, as almost all of the people involved in the video are still alive today! Many people seem to believe that racism in America has ended, or that things aren't so bad for black people. The fact is, racism is still very much alive, and all those white students attacking, spitting at, and threatening the black students are still alive as well. This current generation is not very far removed from the early to mid 1900s, and many of those involved with all the racism going on in the world have already reproduced and most likely passed those horrible ideologies on to their children. America still has a long way to go before racism can be considered "over". Even on the news today, anchors and guest speakers love to downplay how bad it was to be in America as a black person.