Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Â Over the past half-dozen years, there have been countless news stories about systemic racism in America followed by discussions on diversity, unity and inclusiveness. Paralleling this media is several wanton killings of Black Americans by law-enforcement officials. Folks of my generation, born in the 1930s, â40s, and early â50s, have a difficult time understanding the former, but not in the least, the latter. We had lived through decades of outright segregation, discrimination, and open hostility to all who were not white. On a personal note, growing up outside the Bronx, I did not encounter discrimination, not to say it did not exist in Westchester County. It certainly did but was more subtle. It wasnât until my time in the Marines and working for an international CPA firm that outright forms of segregation and discrimination came into full view.