Mine have devolved.
“How have your racial views evolved from those of your parents?”
Mine have devolved.
I think liberals would also say that my racial views have devolved, not evolved.
Back in my parents day, the civil rights movement was working to eliminate rampant discrimination based on race and ethnicity. My parents were liberal on racial issues then, as they supported the movement for equal rights for the Negro people.
Contrast with what is going on today. The Negro people are now called black or African-American. Equal rights under the law are in place, and have been for decades. Policies such as affirmative action have been around for decades, seeking to give a hand up to people previously discriminated against.
Today, we are told that we are racist if we don’t accept the social pathologies of ghetto culture. We see all this gang activity and baby mama stuff going on, but we are called racist if we point out that these actions on the part of people are key reasons why so many black people are out of the mainstream in this country.
I think my late parents would not be so liberal on race matters today.
I myself look back at the history, and believe in the concepts of equal rights under the law, and see merit in the civil rights laws of the past.
But to me, it’s absurd to say that the problems of black America are due to racism. Not after decades of broad civil rights laws and broad adoption of affirmative action.