
Racism is still a big problem in the US, but this trend offers some hope
CNN
Some 94% of Americans now approve of interracial marriage -- a dramatic shift from the era of the civil rights movement. But why is interracial marriage so accepted when other issues of race, like affirmative action and integration, remain fiercely contested?
A US Senator writes a book about the dangers of interracial unions called, "Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization."
A White father is so disgusted after reading a magazine article on interracial marriage that he writes a letter to the editor saying if his daughter even thought of marrying a Black man, "I would personally kill her and then myself."

A little-known civil rights office in the Department of Education that helps resolve complaints from students across the country about discrimination and accommodating disabilities has been gutted by the Trump administration and is now facing a ballooning backlog, a workforce that’s in flux and an unclear mandate.












