Regents of the University of Michigan Describing social relations between the races as a successful example of the American melting pot, one African American man said: I have fond memories of Midwest. Football, basketball, the school--going to school. People cared. You could go to [the principal] with any problem. You could go to [the] assistant principal. You could go to [the] counselor... And whatever problems you had, they were quickly solved. People you trusted. That was Midwest High. We were all there, and we all fit in. And I'm gonna tell you this: my brother was homecoming king, with a white girl... We didn't have the problems that we have today, and I don't know what has created all this. I don't like it. Remarking on the same subject, a European American woman said: I think there was quite a bit of acceptance between the two races... Maybe I'm being naive, but thinking back I don't think I just don't think that economics was maybe quite as important in those years either. Now it's the shoes and the clothes and the labels. In those days that just wasn't a big thing and I think that would have probably been one thing that would have made one group stand out more. And it just didn't happen.

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