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You may be interested in the present situation of black Americans today. It is true that their conditions【小题1】(change)for the better since the mid-1970's. Many blacks are attending colleges and three-fourths black. college students are now studying in the formally all-white institutions. Better education offers better openings for blacks. With better employment, the percentage of blacks【小题2】(do)skilled labor rose after the 1970's by about 76%. Many blacks entered the middle class and moved【小题3】 the slums(贫民窟). Many have been elected to governmental positions.

Whatever they might be, however, they-must share with other blacks the bond of being black.【小题4】(discourage)by white superiority, all blacks suffer from various forms of racism(种族歧视).【小题5】 can ignore the fact that over a third of all black Americans are still living below poverty level. Statistics tell us that half of all black children grow up in poverty and almost 2 million blacks are jobless; that is, over 12% of the black work force is unemployed. In comparison with whites, black families earn much【小题6】(little)than is needed for decent(像样的)but modest living standard. Usually a black family's income is only 55% of【小题7】 of a white one. While seeing the rise of a few blacks, we must notice at the same time that far too many blacks are living in hopelessness and despair from【小题8】 they have little hope to escape.

Who can guarantee that the unemployed【小题9】(accept)their lot(命运)quietly, or that the despairing will contain their anger forever? Americans are far from【小题10】(achieve)the goal of color-blind society. Black problems are still national issue to be solved.