race problem

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Noun1.race problem - a social and political problem caused by conflict between races occupying the same or adjacent regions
problem, job - a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"
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America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered 'white'- but the 'white' attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.
In 1948, he left for Paris to avoid the race problem at home.
"This material is incredibly intimidating because we have a race problem in America and most people are brought up not to talk about it," Clark-Pujara says.
Note how we humanists tend to define the race problem in America: we define it primarily in terms of prejudice.
Here's what he said about recent killings: 'We don't have a race problem. We have a God problem.'
"The problem that we are facing is not a race problem," said Francis.
We do not have a race problem, we have a space problem.
“America's got a race problem. One part of making change is getting people talking — and listening — about race, about who they are, about their fears, misunderstandings, and dreams,” said Morales.
The "impunity for the murder of black men," Leovy writes, just may be America's greatest race problem. She argues that our nation's vast racial issues are inextricably linked to too little policing in poor neighborhoods.
What I wanted to say is that speeding is a "people" problem - not a race problem. Everyone in Bahrain is responsible for road safety, and you know it.
In more examples of Real Candidate, Wrong Race problem, voters penned in political rivals Val Hoyle and Dwight Coon, Betty Taylor and Juan Carlos Valle and John Lively and Joe Pishioneri.
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