The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-01-28

anxious to help set him forth In his tru
Hight before the British and EuropeaI
public. AZ means of assisting you Il
your good work and Of provoking oths
members OF my race to aid you In you
noble undertaking take the liberty q
addressing to you this open letter.
take It that you are q widely travslet
nature deeply. This being true, you vii
readily understand that the coiored mar
Of America, like all other men, In q many
sided creature. Aside from the accidents
Of color, previous condition of servitude
locality Of birth, ETC., the oolored Ameri
can II like other human beings similarly
situated and requires the same kind o,
training. environment and hereditary In
Auences for his proper development-noth
ing less and nothing more.
It In o mistake. 1t. seems to me, to argue
that the colored American n different
from other human beings and IL therefort
10 be dealt with in a way contrary to tina,
pursued in developing other members q
the human family. and yet this mistake d
INDUCED In by almost every white Ameri-
can and by many colored men in discuss
ing the SO called race problem" and
bad to say, the majority Of the white peo-
pie Of this country regard the colored
man Of America-and all other countries
man. Most Of them admit that he n q
human being. but Of low order, an In
ferior. and destined to forever remain less
than q man.
You will readily admit. I believe, that
the spirit Of the present age 10 material
istio and that there Ia great danger OF
measuring every person and everything
BY the unitarian standard. The question
with Is per cent Of the people In not how
thAv hahn IN hA
lean . real and true man. worthy Of this
image OF God. but how can they make
him useful factor In developing the ma
torial 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
TO enjoy all the rights. opportunities and
privileges accorded other men In this
country. or shall he be forced into thu
position Of q serf and be permitted 70
I've In peace and safety only % long a.
~ serves the material interests Of the
white man and subordinates himself -
him In every walk Of life2
These two questions divide the white
Dhilanthropists of this country and also
place into two different and distinct
schools the colored men and women az
America who are laboring for the uplift
q their fellows. Those who look upon the
soiored 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
ered man to work. to regard himself an q
nscessity to the white mans business and
not to complain at his lot, however hard,
unjust or inhuman It may be; to eschew
politics, to move along the line Of least
resistance and to get money and property
and his manhood. political. civil, social
snd &C economic nom rights win finally come to
Those who believe that the coksrsd man
= destined by God to be q man sOd to
enjoy all the rights. opportunities and
privileges Of any other class Of men In
tant part to play In the development Of
this country and this world take the posi-
ZION that ''the colored American In not
only entitled to a trade. O common school
education and money and property, but
b needs and ought to have whatever 70
required by any other race for its highest
In all spheres Of life, and
the colored man will never secure these
1hings without aspiring to the highest
and oontending with all his
might all the time for everything which
any other man Is entitled to, and he must
not be satisfied with anything less"
Most white persons. and numerous col
ored a. well. who have written or spoken
npon the 30 called race problem" have
made the sad mistake Of setting up toe
low q standard for the dark skinned Amer
can and have forgotten that the colored
man In this country Is AZ much q man per
- a. any other human being on this or
my other continent. II seems TO escape
ne attention Of the majority Of the stu
Dnnte IS the race problem" that ia -