The hearts and minds of the American people have been won over on the issue of segregation. However, the dilemma is that while an overwhelming majority of Americans would cringe at the idea of a racially segregated America, America remains racially segregated and racial equality is more ideal than real. Even though there is almost no legal segregation in America, most Americans live in segregated neighborhoods, attend segregated schools and churches, play on segregated beaches, vacation in segregated hotels and resorts and many have segregated workplaces. There is an apparent theoretical disconnection in America between the evils of segregation and the virtues of integration. This article takes a look in broad strokes over the past 50 years at how America has progressed legally, ideally and really from the pre-"Brown" society that accepted the legal segregation of the races, to the post-"Grutter" society, which has sacrificed racial integration, and accepted racial inequality in the process. The United States Supreme Court (The Court) decisions from the popular affirmative action battlegrounds of education, business and employment will be used to demonstrate how the law and attitudes of the American people support the perpetuation of a segregated and unequal society, while extolling the virtues of integration. On several occasions in the past 50 years, the Court had opportunities to facilitate integration in schools, colleges and universities, promote equal employment opportunities and to encourage the participation of excluded minorities in the nation's economic growth. Instead, time after tome, the Court forfeited the opportunity and rendered decisions that perpetuated a separate and unequal America. The author contends that on the many occasions discussed in this article, the Court got it wrong. (Contains 72 footnotes.)