Abstract
It is widely believed that race prejudice has been historically and is at the present time the basic factor in the status of the American Negro. Race prejudice is assumed to be the effective factor in the Negro's subordination. It is the purpose of this paper to define the character of the relationship between prejudice toward the Negro and the position he occupies in the American social structure. The problem is to analyze the interaction, if any, between status and prejudice. The simplest approach to this question is first to indicate in outline what the status of the Negro is, and second to analyze specifically the role of prejudice in the determination of the Negro's position in the American social order. Since the status of the Negro is the theme of this volume it will be treated briefly in the present chapter. Only the essential aspects of the Negro's status will be cited. The greater part of this discussion will represent an attempt to diagnose race prejudice as a factor in the status of the American Negro.
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