@davenicolette@mastodon.social @marick we don't know where the regression will stop, but i think it overstated to say we've regressed almost that far back. public accommodations are not segregated. ugly suppression laws trim the margins, and given how tight elections are margins matter, but the vast majority of black citizens who wish to vote succeed. black citizens are not routinely beaten for making eye contact or being insufficiently deferential to whites. so far, i'd say it's 5 steps forward 2 steps back.