Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer.
If you're really invested in feeling bad about the world, there are a lot of media outlets out there that you can turn to.
That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine.