Beyond Racism: Building an Open SocietyMcGraw-Hill, 1969 - 257 pages "'White racism is a disease that is tearing American apart, and we have to study it and seek a cure for it, just as we do research on other diseases that kill ... ' In this trenchant and hard-hitting book, Whitney M. Young, Jr., the Executive Director of the National Urban League, strips away the myths and misunderstanding that cloud our view of America's racial problems, and provides an action program that could enable America to move beyond racism to an open society of justice and equality. He explains what government and the private sector must do to solve the racial crisis, and he shows how every individual can play an important role in building an open society"--Unedited summary from book jacket. |
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Page 26
... tion , blacks had only 2.3 per cent of the white - collar jobs ; in New Orleans , with a third of the population , blacks held 3 per cent of these jobs - in all of the cities surveyed , blacks held a minuscule number of white - collar ...
... tion , blacks had only 2.3 per cent of the white - collar jobs ; in New Orleans , with a third of the population , blacks held 3 per cent of these jobs - in all of the cities surveyed , blacks held a minuscule number of white - collar ...
Page 27
... tion of 385,700 . About 120,000 are non - white . The unemploy- ment rate for the Negro population was 13 per cent ; another ten per cent of the male working force was neither working nor look- ing for work ; the unemployment rate for ...
... tion of 385,700 . About 120,000 are non - white . The unemploy- ment rate for the Negro population was 13 per cent ; another ten per cent of the male working force was neither working nor look- ing for work ; the unemployment rate for ...
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... tion or conducting investigations that solve crimes . Another failing seems to be the fostering of the myth that the police- man is a soldier in a dangerous war against crime and is daily risking his life . To a degree , of course , it ...
... tion or conducting investigations that solve crimes . Another failing seems to be the fostering of the myth that the police- man is a soldier in a dangerous war against crime and is daily risking his life . To a degree , of course , it ...
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