The treatment of the Negro is America's greatest and most conspicuous scandal.

Gunnar Myrdal

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Race relations

Author

Gunnar Myrdal

Source

An American Dilemma

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Economist Writer

From

Sweden Europe

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Citation

Myrdal, Gunnar. An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy. Vol. 2, Harper & Brothers, 1944, ch. 45, sect. 9.

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Orwell, George. "As I Please." Tribune, 4 Feb. 1944.

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