Political leaders stress issue of equal rights to win votes. Society is just now breaking boundaries. People are being desegregated, women are now able to vote, and people of different race are being treated more equally. I am not obviously speaking for everyone. There still is tension between races and genders.
Some people have different beliefs on gender and racial issues.
Some still believe we should be segregated. Society has played a big role in blinding these facts though. Movies are portrayed as if nothing were wrong between race relations or gender issues. I find people looking the other way when they see these problems. They have either been taught its all right or they have not been taught at all.