Of all the groups affected by the forces of dislocation, none have been worse hit than minority populations, such as the Australian aborigines and North American Native peoples mentioned by Dr. Dupont and the descendants of black slaves brought to North America. Among the latter, people were separated not only from their places of origin, their cultures, and their communities but often also from their immediate families. Long after the abolition of slavery, racial oppression and prejudice, along with economic deprivation, have continued to produce intolerable pressures on family life among
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