Redressing the Imbalance of Minority Groups in the Professions.
One of the most difficult and urgent problems confronting the nation is that of increasing the representation of the major minority groups in the various major vocations and professions to levels equal to their percentage of the population. It is a difficult problem because it is complex, deeply rooted, and freighted with prejudice and racism; it is urgent because these groups have become bitter and impatient with the slowness of the progress being made. Their impatience is evidenced by their increasing willingness to employ confrontation and disruption as means to redress the situation. The slogan "by any means necessary" is gaining increasing acceptance in minority communities.