Why is racism still a political issue even though it ended with the Republican Civil Rights Act of 1964?

[Progressive Republican]

[The N]

It didn't end. It will never end. There will always be people that think they are superior. It is still an issue because these people that i mentioned earlier are getting into office and passing laws that are unjust

[Turtle]

Interesting, they say it will never end but enact laws to end it. Imagine that-laws that have no goal, no purpose, no intent to stop the crime. Why on earth even have the law? By now, racism would have dissipated to this level merely due to the natural course of social progress.

[Lance]

So... Lyndon Johnson was a republican?

[less_than_spam]

Typical bureaucratic mentality of career politician running on extremist platform thinking that legislation will "end" a social problem inherent in US history and then like an ego-boosted wanna-be-the-president lame tax-payer paid hair-do conservative, taking credit for ending "racism".

[wyldfyr]

Racism did not end with the Civil Rights Act. The Civil Rights Act was introduced by JFK, a Democrat. It was championed by LBJ. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. The Republican candidate for President in 1964 was Barry Goldwater, he opposed the Civil Rights Act.

[Mercadies2000]

Because it has now become a tool of the politicians and the media. Sadly the race card hurts these very people turning them into victims and when you are a victim you are entitled and they then become trapped in the world of entitlements which us middle class have to support.

[965]

It isn't, but liberals keep pretending the Republican Party is racist because of ONE man named Strom Thrumond, who died in 2003.

They think that ONE man poisoned the ENTIRE party, as badly as the hundreds of segregationist politicians in the Democratic Party made it the party of the KKK for 100 years.

[skii_tyme]

Republican civil rights act. LMAO!!!!! Republicans are the purveyors of racism in the U.S.

[Smoking Joe]

Lol, the Act advocated and signed by JFK and LBJ, both Democrats?