As someone who lived through the 1960's, I sometimes get impatient with today's discussions of race and its problems. I remember how it used to be, at least as best a young white NY liberal could who viewed from afar, did not jump into the struggle.
I was struck by the data in the twitter thread below, covering the life expectancies by race and sex between 1960 and 2017. While there's still a gap in expected life span, the gap has indeed narrowed since 1960, narrowed signficantly and particularly in recent years.
here's how it looks to me: pic.twitter.com/bd6NHH0cP7
— blighter (@blightersort) July 21, 2022
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