Racism in the United States is the country’s very foundation

Racism in the United States is the country’s very foundation. Basic, statutory equality for blacks is just over five decades old. Segregation did not end properly until the 1960s, so the very idea of equality in the United States is still an infant.

⁃ Zadie Smith interviewed in DN (Dagens Nyheter), 27.9.20 {my translation}