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The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line.
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The quote says that the defining problem of the twentieth century is the division created by race and skin color. “The color-line” is a metaphor for the boundary separating people into racial groups, especially when that separation shapes how they are treated. The statement presents this division as a central social problem of the era.
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