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...... Sociologist Talcott Parsons according to the Feagin text does not see blacks or other ethnic cultures becoming part of a slavish Anglo-conformity assimilation (in other words, assimilation into the American culture does not mean having to live and think like white folks). Parsons goes on to say (Feagin, 251) that the only tolerable solution to the problem of racial tension in the U.S. will be the constituting a single community with full membership for all. That sounds very idealistic, but perhaps idealism (such as Dr. Martin Luther King and Senator Robert Kennedy) is the only key to unlock the doors that block racial fairness and acceptance
Sociologist Nathan Glazer (Feagin, 251) believes that the assimilation of black folks in the U.S. into the core economy and society is well under way. The biggest hurtle for black citizens in terms of assimilation is for those in the troubled black underclass, whose difficulties are not primarily questions of current discrimination.
Systemic Racism
The systemic system of prejudice alludes to core racist realities that are manifested in each of societys major parts, Feagin explains (p. 6). Racism is both an individual experience and it is systemic; Indeed, Feagin goes on,

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