On the one hand, the negroes' plane of living is kept down by discrimination from the side of the whites while, on the other hand, the white's reason for discrimination is partly dependant on the negroes' plane of living. (Gunnar Myrdal)

On the one hand, the negroes' plane of living is kept down by discrimination from the side of the whites while, on the other hand, the white's reason for discrimination is partly dependant on the negroes' plane of living.

Gunnar Myrdal

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