<|system|>
You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
good evening assistant. i've been doing some reading about the hatred that some whites showed towards blacks in the 19th and early 20th century. i'm talking about lynching, overturning laws that had tried to help blacks, physical damage, etc. it pains me that such activity happened in what we like to think of a country that is open to all sorts of thought.
<|assistant|>
Yes, it is truly heartbreaking that this activity occurred in the United States during that time period. Thankfully, these kinds of hatred and violent actions are not tolerated in our society today.  Unfortunately, there is still much work to be done in regards to eradicating all forms of systemic racism in the country.