The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-02-04

can and by many colored men in discuss
ing the so called race problem" and,
sad TO say, the majority Of the white peo-
pie Of this country regard the colored
man Of America-and all other countries,
for that matter-as not being really q
man Most Of them admit that he IL q
human being. but OF a low order, an in
ferior, and destined to forever remain less
than q man
You will readily admit, / believe. that
the spirit OF the present age is material
istic and that there IL great danger Of
measuring every person and everything
BY the unitarian standard The question
with % per cent OF the people is not how
can they help to make the colored Amer
lean q real and true man, worthy OF the
image OF God, but how can they make
him q useful factor In developing the ma
terial resources Of this country Shall
the colored man In America be permitted
and assisted to rise TO the full stature OF
noble and heroic manhood and be allowed
10 enjoy all the rights, opportunities and
privileges accorded other men In this
country, or shall he be forced into the
position of a serf and be permitted to
live In peace and safety only 80 long ~
he serves the material interests OF the
white man and subordinates himself to
him In every walk OF life?
These two questions divide the white
philanthropists OF this country and also
place into two different and distinct
schools the colored men and women OF
America who are laboring for the uplift
Of their fellows. Those who look upon the
colored man ''as necessary only to the
physical and material development Of the
United States say that the race problem
can only be solved by teaching the col
ored man TO work. TO regard himself as a
necessity 70 the white mans business and
not to complain at his lot. however hard,
unjust or Inhuman IL may be; to eschew
politics, TO move along the line OF least
resistance and 70 get money and property
and his manhood. political. civil, social
and economic rights will finally come TO
him OF their own accord
Those who believe that the colored man
II destined by God TO be a man and to
enjoy all the rights. opportunities and
privileges Of any other class OF men In
this country and that he has an impor-
tant part to play in the development Of
this country and this world take the posi-
ton that ''the colored American Il not
only entitled to a trade. a common school
education and money and property. but
he needs and ought to have whatever Is
required by any other race for its highest
development In all spheres OF life, and
the coIored man VIII never secure these
things without aspiring TO the highest
standard and contending with al his
might all the time for everything which
any other man In entitled TO. and he must
not be satisfied with anything less"
Most white persons. and numerous col
ored as well, who have written or spoken
upon the 50 called race problem" have
made the sad mistake Of setting up toe
low a standard for the dark skinned Amer
lean and have forgotten that the colored
man IN this country IL as much a man per
~
any other continent. It seems to escape
the attention Of the majority Of the stu
dents OF the race problem" that the col
cred man Of America is not only needed
by the white man In his business" but
a needed by him in every other sphere Of
life.
These would be solvers of the race
problem also forget that this country u
destined TO be the meeting ground OF an
the races Of the earth and on these shores
a 70 be born the ideal man. This ideal
or future man f. TO be neither distinctive
ly shematic, Hamitie or Japhetic, but an
admtxture Of all the races OF the world
This being true. the white people Of this
country and those who are yet TO come %
these shores owe Il to the colored man
Who a already here or who may come
here IN the future 70 see 70 II that be %
AFFORDED the largest opportunity Tor the
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right lines In order that he may contrib
ute unimpaired and unhindered his share
10 The formation Of the IDEAL or future
man srr-. ~,
In your travels in this country hope
you WIN not allow the glamour OF mate
RAJ success or the magnitude Of material
fstfc institutions for and among the col
ored people to lead you 70 forget these
facts. Those q NJ who are contenolns
at TIE colored man IN Amertca b re-
Rardsd as q man IN the fun sense % that
term ana Be treated a. such are not
Whinsrs or theorists. but advocafss o.
TIE highesf and best things for our oWn
people and for the hundreds OF millions
o. people who are yst to inhabit this Con-
tinenL
a roverumsnt q. By and for the people
and fuIflf the end a. her being uhiis shs