But how much has African American life changed since then? ... Though legal discrimination was virtually abolished with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, overt, direct racism was replaced by a more covert racism which continues to affect the way members of different races think, act, and feel towards one another to this day. ... Today, cultural racism is abundant on ever major TV channel and through the inaccurate stereotypical portrayal of minorities in the mass-media. ... The only way for African Americans to achieve equality is to do so at all levels: politically, socially, and e...

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