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1 Alfred McClung Lee, Race Riots Aren't Necessary 1 (1945)

handle is hein.civil/rcrtatny0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RACE RIOTS AREN'T NECESSARY By ALFRED McCLUNG LEE In cooperation with the American Council on Race Relations What Is a Race Riot? Everyone knows what a race riot is! It is a dreadful clash in a slum area between gangs of most terrible people. This description satisfies many nice people. It even makes them feel smug. But it does not describe what a race riot is. It leaves out of the picture the chief participants in a race riot. It leaves out the nice people, the people who make riots possible. A race riot is like a child's headache, and it is also like an Atlantic iceberg. When little Marilyn says, Mommie, my head hurts awful, Mother is worried. She wants to do something about it. But she doesn't turn to some old household remedy. She may ease the pain temporarily with a cold towel or a simple sedative, but she Alfred McClung Lee is Professor of Sociology and department chairman at Wayne University. He is author of The Daily News- paper in America, 1g3; co-author, with Elizabeth B. Lee, of The Fine Art of Propaganda, 1939; and co-author, with Norman D. Humphrey, of Race Riot, 1943. Copyright, 1945, by the Public Affairs Committee, Incorporated -A nonprofit, educational organization-

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