50 Years Ago: The World in 1962 
The racism those photos document is startling.  Just 50 years ago?<p>Though, in my private high school in Indiana, in 1999 I overheard kids more than once telling n<i></i>*er jokes.  I heard less overtly racists at the school saying things like "Yeah, it would be weird to have a black friend."  These were the rich kids who parents owned the local businesses.  I have a hard time believing the kids weren't getting it from the parents.<p>It seemed so absurd at the time, but I guess it's less surprising if you remember segregation had only officially ended 37 years ago, then, and that the klan remained active in Indiana for decades after.<p>That was 12 years ago, but I doubt it's all fixed since then.  I know that school is still basically exclusively white despite the town being about 25% African American and 9% Latino.  I fear the consequences of treating so many people as less than people will stick with us for a long time.  Kind of naive to think they would all go away in just 50 years.