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(04-13-2018, 03:50 PM)Dill Wrote: You make a good point there.  Seems over the top to expect EVERYONE to acccept whatever minority is in question before acceptance is no longer an issue.  Not the right standard, because there will always be a few Klansmen or Nazis squirreled away somewhere, and who have no effect on anything outside their own yard. 

Honestly, it scares me when you agree with me. lol 

(04-13-2018, 03:50 PM)Dill Wrote: The question is, what counts as a significant majority, and have we reached it yet? 

Good question. IMO, I would say no less than 75% and, call me naive, but I like to think that we have reached it. That's not to say we can sit back and do NOTHING, that there still isn't more that could be done, but I think that, generally speaking, Americans of all races are accepting of other races.

(04-13-2018, 03:50 PM)Dill Wrote: Connected to that is a further question--at what point does lack of acceptance no longer matter politically for x minority? That should probably be the standard.

To me, the lack of acceptance should matter if they're not being heard and/or represented. Or if the lack of acceptance comes from those in authority.