I fail to see any proof in his statement, I don't think his intent was to provide any .
Of course we're a much better country than we were in the mid sixties, I can even eat in the same resturant as a white man now, or vote, or even protest if I so desire . Pornography has improved by leaps and bounds, allthough there was a concavity in the the eighties but the industry recovered quite well. No more compulsory christian prayer in public schools. Then they're is energy conversation, the gender wage gap.. well I can't really think of anything that has gotten worse .
Did american chicks even shave their pits back then ?