Was everyone in the 70's racist?

[Fau Teixeira]

Also something to consider is that as we move farther away from times where bigotry was acceptable socially, we as a society become less tolerant to instances of bigotry regardless of how nuanced, unintentional or ignorant they may be.

The gay marriage debate is a good example of this. Even in the supreme court decision on DOMA justice Kennedy points out that opponents of gay marriage provide nothing to justify their opposition to a certain class of people having the same rights as everyone else, beyond personal opinion. (ie. bigotry). Justice Scalia in his dissent even demonstrates this self-blindness. It is not acceptable to discriminate against a class of people for no other reason than they are different than you. As a society we are less tolerant of this.

[Pappy13]

Kate Gossling was attacked for this photo. It's of her wearing a geisha-style headpiece that someone had sent her years ago. She married an Asian and has 8 bi-racial kids but even if she hadn't ... I don't think it's racist to try and imitate a different race. I certainly don't think it would have been deemed racist in the 70's.

Today people are attacked for making racist comments, but in the 60's people couldn't get an equal paying job, sit anywhere on a bus, go to the same schools or get a drink of water from the same fountain, etc if they weren't the right color. Which time do you view as less racist? I'm firmly in the belief that things are better today than in the 60's.