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IntheUnitedStates,acountryofimmigrants,prejudiceanddiscrimina-tioncontinuetobeseriousproblems.Therewasoftentensionbetweeneachestablishedgroupofimmigrantsandeach(26)group.Aseachgroupbecamemorefinanciallysuccessfulandmorepowerful,they(27)fullparticipationinthesociety.PrejudiceanddiscriminationarepartofAmericanhistory;however,thisprejudicialtreatmentofdifferentgroupsisnowheremoreunjustthanwithblackAmericans.
Blackshad(28)disadvantages.Forthemostpart,they(29)thelandofopportunityasslavesandtheywerenotfreetokeeptheirheritageandculturaltraditions.UnlikemostEuropeanim-migrants,blacksdidnothavetheprotectionofasupportgroup.Theycouldnotmixeasilywiththe(30)societyeitherbecauseoftheirskincolor.ItwasdifficultforthemtoadapttotheAmericanculture.
Evenaftertheybecamefreepeople,theystill(31)discriminationinemployment,housingandeducation.
Untilthetwentiethcentury,the(32)oftheblackpopulationlivedinthesouthernpartoftheUnitedStates.TherewasapopulationshifttothelargecitiesintheNorth.Prejudiceagainstblacksisoften(33)theSouth.
Inthe1950sand1960s,blacksfoughttogainfairtreatment,andtheynowhavelegalprotectioninhousing,educationandemployment.Becausetheirneighborhoodsaresegregated(隔离),manyblacksfeelthateducationalopportunitiesarenot(34)fortheirchildren.Busingchildrenfromoneneighborhoodtoanotherisonesolutiontoinequalityineducation.Naturally,allparentswantthebestpossibleeducationfortheirchildren.
Thesituationofblacksisbettertodaythanitwasinthe1950s,but(35)tensionpersists.Timewillbetherealsolutiontotheproblemofrace.
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