"Studies Reveal So-Called ‘Racially Progressive’ White Millennials Are Not So Different From the Racist Generations That Came Before Them"

"For the most part, implicit racial bias changed very little between generations.

What did seem to change was how many people thought racism was a problem, especially after President Barack Obama’s election.

“A representative panel of Americans interviewed immediately before and after the election reveals a roughly 10 percent decline in perceptions of racial discrimination,” Nicholas A. Valentino and Ted Brader wrote in a 2011 study, according to Al Jazeera.

Unfortunately, that decline in the perception of racism seemed related to the rise in “negative opinions of blacks and heightened opposition to both affirmative action and immigration.”

The problem is that when white people believe racism is not plaguing the Black community and robbing them of a vast amount of opportunities, they are then inclined to believed that “persisting inequalities can only be explained by the personal weakness of Blacks,” researchers noted."

http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/01/26/studies-reveal-called-racially-progressive-white-millennials-different-racist-generations-came/

This lays it all out so neatly. Prejudice just like, you know, fading over time letsjustleaveitalone isn't a viable hypothesis. You can look at all of the articles about how ladies are actually holding themselves back by not being pathologically confident, cuz you know there isn't any sexism anymore. And the moment that all 50 states have gay marriage, or Laverne Cox gets cast in a major role, people are going to start giving anti-LGBT-bullying efforts the side eye because that's obviously all over.

maaaaahhhhh frustration