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I dunno. I kinda consider 9/11 to be the shifting point. That’s when racism came roaring back and also the introduction of the Patriot Act. The 2008 crash was just the solidification of the shit show to come.
The LA race riots and Clintons going on about "super-predators" would like a word with you about racism going away in the 90's
Didn’t say that it wasn’t there. Just that it got a lot worse after 9/11 and the following years.
I've heard that the high tide was end of WW II. Sloping exponentially downwards, with the occasional oil boom or bust.