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Racial Prejudice In some countries where racial prejudice is acute，violence has been taken for granted as a means of solving differences；and this is not even questioned．There are countries{{U}} (51) {{/U}}the white man imposes his rule by brute(粗暴的)force；there are countries where the black man protests by{{U}} (52) {{/U}}fire to cities and by looting and pillaging(抢劫)．Important people on both sides，who would appear to bereasonable men，get up and calmly argue in{{U}} (53) {{/U}}of violence as if it were a legitimate(合法的) solution，{{U}} (54) {{/U}}any other．What is really frightening，what really{{U}} (55) {{/U}} you with despair，is the realization that when it comes to the crunch(关键时刻)，we have made no actual{{U}} (56) {{/U}}at all．We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint，but our instincts remain basically unchanged．The whole of the recorded{{U}} (57) {{/U}}of the human race，that tedious documentation of violence，has taught us absolutely nothing．We have still not learnt that{{U}} (58) {{/U}}never solves a problem but makes it more acute．The sheer horror，the bloodshed and the suffering{{U}} (59) {{/U}}nothing．No solution ever comes to{{U}} (60) {{/U}}the morning after when we dismally(阴郁地) contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us． The truly reasonable men who{{U}} (61) {{/U}}where the solutions lie are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing．They are despised，mistrusted and even persecuted{{U}} (62) {{/U}}their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement．If half the energy that goes into{{U}} (63) {{/U}}acts were put to good use，if our efforts were directed at{{U}} (64) {{/U}}up the slums and ghettos(贫民窟)，at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all，we would not have gone a long way to{{U}} (65) {{/U}}at a solution． |