@Pfuzylogic: I think we have come a long way to distance ourselves from it and educate the new generation to be more accepting,im amazed that there are parts of America where it is still very fresh..
@Primnproper: I think that this past election was hot on some new tones of racism and sexuality that many were not expecting. Trump was trounced in California but easily won many of the traditional Republican states and Rural areas.
They (Trump) favors state rights. Note what was accomplished with public education with the divide and conquer strategy.