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Reflections in the Rubble: Some Thoughts in the Aftermath of Civil Disorder

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.11.1557

Current approaches to the problem of ensuring civil rights for all have failed to reach the root of the matter, this author suggests, because they do not take into consideration the real and imagined social and economic threats that are important factors in the maintenance of racial prejudice. An impasse is created in which stereotypes thrive and violence brews. Programs that will make desegregation profitable and attractive for the black and white communities alike are desperately needed.

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