"or refuse to admit that there are problems here."

You clearly live in a different country than I do.  

Because the country I live in legalized gay marriage 14 years ago, passed legislation mandating equal pay for equal work back in 1977, is on the verge of passing a bill legalizing marijuana, is importing 300K minorities a year from around the world, has more citizens of colour than we've EVER had, just saw our sitting government mandate a 50/50 sex-based cabinet split, the same government is talking about mandating similar quotas for women and minorities on corporate boards and for university positions. This very newspaper has run a long-term series isolating out sexual assault above all other violent crimes for special handling. Abortion is a reality in every Canadian province, and Canadian women use that service more often than most other western nations. Birth control options are everywhere.  Churches are emptying.

My two best friends are a lesbian and a black, female coder.