The Problem Of the 21st Century
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W.E.B. DuBois wrote in 1903 that “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” While the legacy of slavery and racial discrimination persists in the United States to the present day, the “color-line” that DuBois experienced has clearly been broken. It appears that the problem of the 21st century – and for as far into the future as any of us can project – is the problem of religion, specifically the conflicts stemming from religious differences and zealotry.
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