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That which is really a great national problem and which ought to be so considered by the whole American people, dwarfs into a “Negro Problem.” The device is not new.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
He argues that the framing of issues as a 'Negro Problem' diminishes their true national significance.
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