Schools and public facilities were segregated. Restaurants and stores turned black people away with impunity. We have grown up without experiencing any major wars. The conflicts the United States has entered since Vietnam have all had more public support, or at least more acceptance, than Vietnam. And none has required a draft.
Racism is still a prevalent and troubling issue in America.
It is perhaps the most divisive issue in our country today, but there's no doubt progress has been made. Relative peace around the world has made it impossible to provoke the kind of outrage young people felt during the Vietnam War. Domestically, the United States has enjoyed near-total peace and security throughout the past decade. People may care about war and injustice on other continents, but their feelings are understandably not as strong when nobody they know is involved. And greater racial justice has changed the nature of the civil rights movement.