It’s hard to overstate how transformative the past decade has been in American life. One need only to do a quick survey of the political and social landscape at the dawn of 2015.
A decade ago, Bruce Jenner was still Bruce. The Supreme Court still allowed states to recognize what marriage is. The Republican presidential field was taking shape around Jeb Bush and Scott Walker; Donald Trump was best known as a reality TV host. Print media did not deploy racial capitalization disparities between “Black” and “white.” And American life in 2015 included a litany of cultural touchstones that no longer exist: the Washington Redskins, the Cleveland Indians (including Chief Wahoo), the Dixie Chicks, Lady Antebellum, Splash Mountain, Aunt Jemima, the Boy Scouts of America, Stonewall Jackson High School… the list could go on.
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