THE CRUX AND SOLUTION OF THE CONTINUED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AFRO-AMERICANS Yang Liwen（7） While having won basic civil rights, Afro-Americans today still suffer from racial discrimination. The crux lies in the backwardness of their education. Hence devoting great efforts to promoting the education of American blacks and raising their cultural levels is the way to free themselves from the present difficult position. This is also the road they must take to improve their condition in the long run.