A. Because of the general preoccupation of the American people with material affairs, economic competition is likely to produce unusually sharp antagonisms.
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Q. Does the coincidence between race-prejudice and the fear of competition offer a complete explanation of the existence and strength of race-prejudice in the United States?
A. No; no such claim has been advanced.
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Q. Is the assimilation by the minorities of the culture of the majority taking place continuously, in spite of the prejudice of the majority and the counter-prejudice of three of the minorities?
A. Yes.
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Q. Does this cultural assimilation make for better inter-racial feeling?
A. Probably not, because as long as physical race-differences remain, cultural assimilation increases the strength of the minority as a recognizable competitive group, and hence it also increases the keenness of the rivalry between the minorities and the majority.