We have legislated about fair housing, job opportunity, discrimination in the work place and public accommodations. Laws may influence public behavior, but may not affect entrenched attitudes. Just look at the housing patterns in most urban centers. The whites have fled to the distant suburbs. The poorest blacks remain in the city.
Great effort is made to attract minorities to our colleges and universities.
One prestigious private university went so far as to establish a black dormitory. The Million Man March was for black males. Promise Keepers is basically for white males. For most Americans, Sunday morning church services remain the most segregated hour in American life. John Quincy Adams, a forgotten president, is reborn through the efforts of Steven Spielberg's motion picture Amistad.