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Until the 1960s, many places in the United States were segregated, with separate theaters, schools, hospitals, and other public facilities for whites and African-Americans.

gender and eventually behave in a fair, equal way. Others thought that the free market would create equal opportunities: businesses would not care whether employees were male or female, gay or straight, black or white, old or young, with dis- abilities or without, as long as they worked productively. Despite hopes that equity would increase in society, dis- crimination continued. Almost everywhere, top jobs were given to able-bodied white men. Women and people of color

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What Are Equal Opportunities?