re: Why can’t people just acknowledge that ‘things were different’

both sides come off poorly

on one hand, you have the BLM side saying everything is soooo horrible and unfair, which is obviously silly.

on the other, the civil rights act was signed less than 60 years ago. many of the first black people to do xyz are still alive. most black people have living relatives who had to deal with really horrible shite... and you have people from very privileged backgrounds telling them to stfu about the social injustice and atrocities that happened not all that long ago.

things aren't so black & white. no pun intended