Did you know that the chance of two random Americans being of different races/ethnicities is the highest ever in the history of this country? Did you know that American slavery ended in 1865(ish), segregation lasted another 100 years, and Alabama's state constitution banned interracial marriage until its amendment in 2000? (41% of Alabamans voted against the amendment, btw) Did you know that there are 838 hate groups (that we know of) in the US? And that the Ku Klux Klan is still active in Western NC/Eastern TN? Did you know that about 5% of Americans report being somewhere along the LGBTQ spectrum? Did you know that we can't talk about any of this in public schools? Virginia's GOP has set-up a "tip line" to report teachers who discuss racial issues/history in class. Florida's GOP has introduced a "don't say gay" bill . The not-at-all-subtly-racist (*cough*) Haywood County Schools Superintendent Bill Nolte has banned a book that openly an
Turning Over a New Leaf