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136 An American Dilemma
The above generalizations may be integrated into a system of simple
mathematical equations. In view of the paucity of data on the extent and
trends of miscegenation, passing, and differential reproductivity, such a
mathematical formulation could not be used to predict the probable future
genetic composition and physical appearance of American Negroes. How-
ever, it might have the value of allowing the student to realize more
easily the logical possibilities in the future. It may also have the value of
checking the looser type of judgments made even by respectable authors.
The construction of such a theoretical model, however, is a major task in
itself and is beyond the scope of this book.
This chapter has mainly been a review of a great number of questions
upon which science does not as yet provide precise and definite answers.
We can, however, state confidently that there are no reasons to believe
that a more complete amalgamation between whites and Negroes will
occur within the surveyable future. It is even possible, though not certain,
that the proportion of very light mulattoes who now, so to speak, form
a bridge between the two population groups will decrease by passing and
by marriage with darker Negroes. That the Negro group is not disappear-
ing will be a theme of Chapter 7. Finally, we remind the reader again
that the concept of the American Negro is a social concept and not a
biological one. Even considerable changes in the genetic composition of the
Negro people may leave the social problems, around which this inquiry is
centered, unchanged.
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