/but then again all other peoples were treated pretty bad in days long gone by. /
That's not actually true is it aog?
So far as I can tell my ancestors of a hundred or so years ago lived modest but contented lives in the Welsh and English countryside. They may have been hard at times but only compared with today. Most people then knew no different. They were in their own country and free. No one had the right to murder or rape them with the sanction of the Law.
I expect your ancestors had similar experiences aog.
And I can personally remember the early 60's (just about)
So far as I recall, my family weren't forced to use separate, inferior facilities (buses, washrooms, cafés) rather than those used by other ordinary people; at pain of assault or even death.
Were you aog?
If you were, fair enough, your point isn't ridiculous.