Yeah there was a correction but not one big enough to not call America gilded. The civil rights movement was a step forward but not everyone took that step willingly and some harbored resentment.
That’s what gilded means. It’s fake. Looks nice on the surface then you see the details.
The gilded age never ended we just stopped calling it that
That’s not correct, there was a correction from the '30s to the '60s. It’s just we stopped caring in the 60s.
Yeah there was a correction but not one big enough to not call America gilded. The civil rights movement was a step forward but not everyone took that step willingly and some harbored resentment.
That’s what gilded means. It’s fake. Looks nice on the surface then you see the details.