The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-11-30
RACE INTEGRITY HELD NEcRo
ISSUE SOLUTION.
Professor Of AnthropoIogy at univers-
ity Talks on the Problem In
America.
Favors Laws In Every State to Pre-
vent Blending Of White and
Black.

Black.
Would Give Colored Man All Advant-
ages of Education and Uplift.
DR.. A. e. jerks. professor Of an.
thropology in the University Of Min.
nesota, holds that the solution Of the
Negro problem In the United States
lies in race integrity" in preventing
the blending of the white and black
races; to the end that each shall be
free to work out its own destiny, "cul-
minating in accordance with natures
law, In the survival of the race fittest
to survive"
This will be the ultimate result
anyway" he holds.
"The Negro problem rightly is re-
garded one Of the biggest problems in
America today" said DR.. jerks. "Of
the various methods proposed for
meeting It, deportation appears to be
out OF the question, and amalgama-
ton with the white race seems wholly
undesirable and disastrous. Blending
Of two essentially different races is
justifiable and wise, it would seem,
only when each has some desirable
element to contribute to the amalga-
mated race. Whatever the white race
In America needs to strengthen it's
stock can probably be had fully as
well from the peasant people of
Europe who are pouring into this
country as from the Negro.
49,. What Could Negro Give?
What could the black race of to-
day contribute to the white? II II
could contribute simply physical
strength and endurance-in which
many hold the white race in America
is declining in recent years-then the
infusion Of Negro blood into the white
would probably be desirable. Can II
do this? Statistics show that the
Negro is more susceptible to tuber.
culosis and pneumonia--Americ
two most destructive diseases-then
Is the white. The Negro lacks resist
ance, apparently, to the ailments Of
our strenuous life.
There is nothing in the history OF
the race to indicate that the black
man could contribute to the white
permanently and unique cultural
elements. This is not sentiment; It
Is fact-the record of history. Amalga-
nation Of the two races, now fast 60
ing on, would mean a merged product
for some considerable time below the
standard Of the whote.
Should White Race BE checked7
Il believe the white race in Amer.
lea cannot afford to be retarded. The
United States is the laboratory Of pro-
gress and the nations are looking to
1t for example and guidance. The up
heaval In China, the advance In
Japan, the movemene in Russia both
for constitutional government and
penal reform, are traceable directly to
impulse from the United States. Can
the American white race afford to be
turned back? D. =" ~a@. sE-s
What to do? have come to a
conclusion that looks to absolute
segregation Of the races sexually, not
segregation In business, not In edu-
cational advantages, not in the many
associations that seem natural by rea-
son Of every day propinquinity, but
prevention Of relations that lead to
blending. do not believe this is un.
Christian. The state Is conceded the
right to preserve and conserve itself;
the race also has the right and duty
Of self-preservation.
Full Opportunity Favored.
Il would educate the Negro to the
highest degree he can attain; would
give him the widest opportunity to
improve himself and work out his
own future; would give him CO
operation and friendship, but would
not blend the two races.
I'm % states In the union today,
there are no laws forbidding the in
termarriage of the two races. There
should be such laws in all states. It
should be made q felony for black
and q white to marry or have Illicit
sexual relations. These laws should
be vigorously enforced. Many of the
leaders Of American Negroes, includ-
ing Or. Booker T. Washington, do not
desire and do not believe in amalga-
nation. DR.. Washington believes in
absolute integrity or racial purity, for
both white and negro races in Amer
lea.
"The races are intermingling rap
idly In many Of the states in which 1t
Is not forbidden by law. In our large
northern cities like Chicago, Mil.
waukee, the Twin Cities, Philadel-
phia, Boston. New York. there are
many families Of Negro men and
white wives.
Reason for Opposition.
Fair minded, educated Negroes are
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