An Eastern European diplomat recently commented to me: We have slums In our country. too. but yours seem so much worse because the contrast with the affluence of the rest of your country is so much greater. Our ancestors may have been poor. but there were not many Americans who were very rich. Immigrants may have envied the industrial barons of the late 19th century. but they were not constantly told that they should be living in the same manner.. But. a Negro in Watts. or Chicago or Harlem cannot escape the allpervasive communications and advertising media of our time which are constantly telling him that he needs a second car. an air conditioner. and a swimming pool when he does not even have a bicycle and an open fire hydrant. In July of 1898. when the temperature reached 100 dcgrees. rich and poor were uncomfortable.
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