77% would vote for black as U.S. President

I’m tossing old files.  No need to keep them any longer; I’m fairly certain I’ll never teach again.  Before I chuck them, I pick through them, and tonight I came across an article from the August 27, 1978, San Jose Mercury News entitled “77% would vote for black as U.S. President.” 

This was an amazing jump from earlier Gallup poll data.  In 1958, just 20 years earlier, only 38% said they would vote for a black candidate.  It is truly amazing how tolerant Americans have become.  

On the the other hand, we may have carried this tolerance too far.  In 2016 a near-majority voted for a moron.