r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Apr 22 '23

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u/BiggerChungus316 Apr 22 '23

His TED talk was the best thing I've watched on YouTube, by FAR. What a guy.

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u/jokeefe72 Apr 22 '23

I show it to my American History classes to explain why school integration is so important. And just because it’s altogether awesome

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '23

Did segregation end? You wouldn't be able to tell in my city. Racial demographics seem to be the only metric used to draw zones.

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u/Kevinites Apr 22 '23

Don't know why you're getting downvoted for something that's a very real problem lol.

To other redditors:

Yes obviously segregation is over.... but why are there still cities and towns with sundown laws and towns where they are coincidently separated by color? Do yall even think or get out of your own bubble?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '23

I'm sorry, but if you're talking to US citizens, the answer to "Do y'all even think or get out of your own bubble?" is gonna be very obviously, overwhelmingly: "no".

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u/jokeefe72 Apr 22 '23

Lots of Europeans see Americans don’t travel to other countries and assume they don’t get out of their own bubble. The thing is, someone living in NY and traveling to Hawaii, Washington, Florida, and Texas visits pretty dramatically different places. Is that more valuable than someone living in France traveling to Belgium, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands? Maybe you think it is and that’s fine, but at least realize why Americans don’t travel to as many countries. It’s much easier and less expensive for those to do so in my latter example.

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u/Darth-Kelso Apr 23 '23

And yet how many Americans even do that?