Not any longer in sports and perhaps the military, but maybe it is still the Thirties, or worse, in education and other areas. It is a slow process, and maybe a costly one for America?
No, it's not.
Educators, and America have been busting our asses for decades trying to help out the brothers, and this is the thanks we get?
Still being blamed for the shit that isn't our fault?
It is our fault if we ignore or make excuses for a major educational problem in the US. This one problem is: should all American children be educated on an equal basis?
As abolitionists questioned slavery so many years ago and with people thinking about slavery as right or wrong slavery was abolished, We then went further and segregation was modified. Awareness may be the first attempt to solve a problem. In a democracy one of the keys is convincing the American people there is a problem and correcting the problem would be good for nation.
One of our problems today is to make all Americans as self sufficient as possible and for the poor the beginning might be an equal education for all. Make people more self sufficient, and at the same time discover the way to create a job for every able bodied American. Education is only one facet of a problem.
But you are correct in that America has been solving its problems through the years in fair fashion. We abolished slavery, started on desegregating, did a fair job on educating, worked on health care, have a program for the aged and on and on.