History doesnt repeat itself, but it rhymes: This is our basic conclusion: Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal. This deepening racial division is not inevitable. The movement apart can be reversed. Choice is still possible. The alternative is not blind repression or capitulation to lawlessness. It is the realization of common opportunities for all within a single society. This alternative will require a commitment to national action—compassionate, massive and sustained, backed by the resources of the most powerful and the richest nation on this earth. From every American it will require new attitudes, new understanding, and, above all, new will. The vital needs of the nation must be met; hard choices must be made, and, if necessary, new taxes enacted. Our recommendations embrace three basic principles: To mount programs on a scale equal to the dimension of the problems; To aim these programs for high impact in the immediate future in order to close the gap between promise and performance; To undertake new initiatives and experiments that can change the system of failure and frustration that now dominates the ghetto and weakens our society. There can be no higher priority for national action and no higher claim on the nation’s conscience.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:32:12 +0000
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