Gilman further suggested that: "The problem, is this: Given: in the same country, Race A, progressed in social evolution, say, to Status 10; and Race B, progressed in social evolution, say, to Status 4... Given: that Race B, in its present condition, does not develop fast enough to suit Race A. Question: How can Race A best and most quickly promote the development of Race B?" Gilman's solution was that all blacks beneath "a certain grade of citizenship" — those who were not "decent, self-supporting, progressive" — "should be taken hold of by the state.