The column ran until December 1958, and the questions King answered ranged from queries regarding race relations to those on personal morality. My wife and I live in Mississippi. Our children are becoming conscious of racial differences. We are Negroes, but we do not want our children to grow up hating white people for the wrongs we suffer. You should teach your children at an early age that it is both morally wrong and psychologically harmful to hate anyone.
Hate does more harm to the hater than it does to the hated.
You must stress the fact that the hate and injustice which have been heaped upon Negroes for many years should be met with love and goodwill. Through such wholesome love on the part of Negroes it will be possible to solve the race problem much more speedily and create a society in which all men may live together as brothers. If this attitude gets over to your child at an early age he will grow up with a healthy attitude toward all people. We are treated fine on the base, but the town is extremely prejudiced. Negro GIs can go nowhere with their white buddies.