Abid Jan

In 1991, the Economist magazine reported the problem of race as one of “shattered dreams.”
1n 1992, Thurgood Marshall said: “wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories, but as I look around I see that even educated whites and African American…have lost hope in equality,” in 1992.
These statements are as true today as they were in early 90s.
However, I won’t consider racial equality a hopeless task as this article from 1998 suggests.
Racial equity is definitely an attainable ideal. The new generation is far open to accepting and celebrating diversity. The youth today are open to celebrating the gains of the past compared to the older generation.
The new generation will move forward with the optimism, insight, and energy that further progress surely demands. This is good news for our youth. However, their parents – the current generation – is paying a steep price for advancing the needed change.

Black Progress: How far we've come, and how far we have to go

Brookings Review article by Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom (Spring 1998)

Brookings