ime has been the conversion of the old colonial Empires into a host of new independent Nations - some 50 since the Second World War. The vast majority of these newly independent people are nonwhite... "But in waging this world struggle we are seriously ha
n 1963, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified before Congress about a problem America was facing with its foreign policy. What global conflict is America dealing with at the time? How were domestic issues (problems internal to the US) hurting the US in the international struggle? Why does the struggle Rusk is talking about give support to make changes within the US?
One of the "developments of our time has been the conversion of the old colonial Empires into a host of new independent Nations - some 50 since the Second World War. The vast majority of these newly independent people are nonwhite...
"But in waging this world struggle we are seriously handicapped by racial or religious discrimination in the United States. Our failure to live up to the pledges of our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution embarrasses our friends and heartens our enemies.
"In their efforts to enhance their influence among the nonwhite people and to alienate them from us, the Communist clearly regard racial discrimination in the United States as of their most valuable assets."
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