The White Problem

The White Problem

As demographers had predicted ever since the 1960’s, many American cities are now predominantly negro, and have elected Negro mayors and city councils. This has generated widespread unrest among the minority White population, and as a result, the worried mayor of a large Eastern city recently called a conference of Negro social scientists and White race leaders to discuss the White problem.

The conference was opened by a prominent educator who diagnosed the White problem in three...


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