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It wasn't even the end of segregation and Jim Crow in the 60s. Segregation Academies were legal until 1976. Palmer v Thompson was in 71 and was decided in favor of the segregationists. Milliken v Bradley was in 74 and decided in favor of the segregationists. Both remain good law.

United States v Virginia was in 1996, and finally required VMI to enroll women.

At best, segregation and jim crow ended in the mid 70s. In my opinion, it never really ended. Desegregation could never succeed because the steps required to make it succeed were blocked by the courts.

In my opinion, the most blindingly clear argument for Andreesen being motivated by racism rather than "merit" is that a16z hired Daniel Penny, a man whose only qualification was strangling another person to death on the subway. Merit.



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