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treated so much as a fellow black as he is an American, a foreigner?

Clark:

I've heard blacks say that. I don't know how insistent it is but I've certainly heard a number of blacks say that. I've heard--well, even Percy Sutton has said that black business men are not given any advantages for being black.

Q:

That's over white operated businesses.

Clark:

That's right.

Q:

Would they, by any chance, get less advantage?

Clark:

Well, the implication was that they would.

Q:

Well, to conclude today, Dr. Clark, you've looked in to your crystal ball before but what would you like in to it--

Clark:

Very cloudy. [laughs]

Q:

Any further--what you foresee in this field of interaction among the ethnic groups?

Clark:

I do have a rather cloudy crystal ball, and the older I get the more cloudy it becomes or maybe the older I get the more cloudy my lenses are. Yes, there are some positive changes that are “occurring.” These are, I believe, and this is repetitious, more





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