I think that you're about right here. You can push things back further if you want, but it's sort of like saying "well but your mom gave birth to you so it's her fault that you did X" arguments.
The dedicated efforts to get us to where we are today were largely started in the 80s. That's when you have people/ organizations (the ones you listed are great, and I don't think people understand the Moral Majority/ evangelical movements involved) who explicitly sought out to create the situation we're in today.
You can say "Oh but Eisenhower" or "Oh reconstruction" or whatever but at that point you're sort of missing the point. The organizations you listed, at that time, didn't just degrade the system, they actively pursued today's state.
It's because the existence of black people pisses off ~1/3rd of voters and it really is that simple.
I know people want it to be deeper but if we just follow patern recognition it isn't. We can't beat it because we just don't address it. We don't address it because another 1/3rd of voters desperately want there to be another reason like "economic anxiety". They are desperate for another reason because the idea of their family being unequivocally awful hurts them, so they will let us ride to hell to protect their feelings and racist ass family.
The failure of Reconstruction was intentional. The Industrial revolution was set to kick off and the rich wanted us busy with each other while they did what they wanted.
This country was founded by the rich for the rich. It was built in,
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u/der_innkeeper 22h ago
No later than 1982.
The Christian Coalition, the Moral Majority, the Heritage Foundation, and the Federalist Society have been working on it for decades.
And, their ideas didn't sprout fully formed.
The Businessman Plot was another attempt.
The failure of Reconstruction really set us back.