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With regard to African Americans, Gilman wrote in the American Journal of Sociology: “ The problem, is this: Given: in the same country, Race A, progressed in social evolution, say, to Status 10 ; and Race B, progressed in social evolution, say, to Status 4..

Given: that Race B, in its present condition, does not develop fast enough to suit Race A.

Question: How can Race A best and most quickly promote the development of Race B ?” Gilman ’ s solution was that all blacks beneath “ a certain grade of citizenship ” — those who were not