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/reɪs prˈɑbləm/ Listen

Race problem

noun

A social and political problem caused by conflict between races occupying the same or adjacent regions.

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"Race problem" Quotes from Famous Books

... the movement flourished it added another to the catalogue of troubles with which men like Godkin and Lowell were distressed. Easterners, in general, had as little understanding of the West as they had had of the race problem in the South. They were disposed to attribute to inherent dishonesty the inflation movement, and to ignore the real economic grievance upon which it was founded. The suspicions directed against the ethical standards of the West were increased ...

— The New Nation • Frederic L. Paxson

... fact, no race problem in the United States." A sociological study which within its first four pages makes this assertion must gain the reader's attention and interest at the start. That there is no solution to the race problem is a statement ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 • Various

... said in the same connection enforced his argument. "They talk about the race problem in the South," he said. "That is, the old generation does. We younger men are not so much concerned about the race problem as we are concerned about efficiency in industry and in agriculture. The races are here to stay; we cannot change that if we would. Meanwhile, all of us, whites ...

— The New Education - A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) • Scott Nearing

... problems now face the Church in Canada, and tax to the utmost the wisdom of its leaders: The race problem and the Ruthenian problem. In many centres the former has weakened the principle of authority and paralyzed our efforts of co-operation; the latter means a tremendous leakage through which the Church, particularly in Western Canada, ...

— Catholic Problems in Western Canada • George Thomas Daly

... the solution of the race problem as it affects religion. A glance at Europe shows the radical difference which is symbolized by the terms Transalpine and Cisalpine, Latin and Teutonic. The one group of races most readily clings to the interior ...

— Life of Father Hecker • Walter Elliott