THE ALTERNATIVE TO INTEGRATION IS DECAY I spent five years with, was engaged to,

THE ALTERNATIVE TO INTEGRATION IS DECAY
I spent five years with, was engaged to, and nearly married a woman of color with her children of color. (Illness broke me and the relationship. She was awesome.) It bothered me that if I walked into a restaurant in my rather (very) affluent city we were treated differently than I had been with my Scandinavian wife. I don’t really want anyone to feel like that. But then, stereotypes are the most accurate measure in social science. To change a stereotype we have to change enough of the behavior of the group that a new stereotype develops. And that requires full integration. Remember we used to treat Irish worst of all. (And partly for good reason at the time.)
(BTW: did you notice seattle just added caste discrimination to the anti-discrimination laws, because of the huge indian population that’s moved in to be employed by Microsoft et al?)