The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-10-09

not to be admitted at all and that many
colored men are glad to meet and mingle
with others Of their class, is 1t not a
fundamental fact that caste caused the
un- Christian df it is done) to bar the
few colored men who may find 1t con-
venient to become members Of the Cen
rtral Y. M. c. A. or branches located
nearer their residences than the colored
branch?
read with great interest the letters
you sent back to the Chicago papers
while you were touring the world and in
the third letter, published on March 81.
y0s give OF stGv
and travel in India and you speak of
CASTE, which is described as "the most
disastrous and blighting of human institu-
tions:" You say that the Christian church
has 5000, 900 converts in India and that
its mission is to break down caste and
you say the people readily respond with
their hearts to the gospel Of Christian
brotherhood"
If caste is disastrous and blighting
institution in India and one which the
y. M. c. A. is trying to break up, why
does the Y. M. G. A. uphold and per-
petuate system Of caste in the United
states?
In spite of the fact that many colored
contribute to their support, does not such
separation eventually work to the injury
of the Afro-American people?
Is not the Y. M. C. A. semi-public
institution and is not the existence of q
separate branch for a class Of people who
were born in America and speak the Ian
guage of the country, a dscredit to
democracy and ought 1t not cause the
blush of those to American Christianity?
Is not the fact Of the existence of n
color-line Y. M. G. A. often used as a
justification for segregation in public
places and public institutions?
Does not the separate Y. NJ C. A. in
crease race hatred and intolerance and
more firmly fix caste?
Does it not finally lead to injustice in
every relation of life, to residential seq
regation, to disfranchisement and the
denial of every civil right?
Does it not tend to make the Afro
Americans a parish class Stunned and
despised by all other classes?
II there is the slightest difference in
the, treatment Of the various races and
nationalities by the Central Y. M. C. A..
Christian as part Of it's title?
The organized Christian (?) church in
the United States, with the exception of
the Untarians and few other denomina-
crease race battered and intolerance and
antagonize Slavery. All the numerically
great Christian CD denominations were
the allies Of the slave power and used the
Bible to defend the sacred and patri-
archial institution" A few Christian in
dividuals, like Garrison, Douglass, Phil
lips, Lovejoy, Mrs. Stowe and a few
others fought with tongue and pen
against the cruel wrong and finally, after
a great war which cost a million lives
nearly 10000 colored men fought for
freedom the hideous monster toppled and
fell from his throne.
Now after fifty years, in face Of the
people, Is it possible that the Y. M. c. A.
in America seeks to encourage the per-
petuation Of that 'most disastrous and
blighting nstitution"-CASTE?
The A. M. E. Church Of which am a
member was organized as a protest
causian American Christians 60 Of
hundred years ago Disseminated against
their colored coreligionists our church
came into being, but we do no discrim-
mate against the people OF any race or
nationality.
The white man, the black man, the red
man, the yellow man and the brown man
are all welcomed and 1t may surprise you
when state that thousands Of Caucaus-
ians, both men and women are members
of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church; in fact there Is scarcely a
church in the connection wcihch does not
count one or more American Caucausians
among its membership. They have come
into our fold because, as they. say, they
have found in the A. M. e. Church a
more perfect exemplification Of the doc
trine of the "Fatherhood Of God and the
brotherhood of man." than they could
find in their churches.
/ am seeking the light and the truth.
Please answer my questions carefully and
i'll have erred In any statement, / de-
sire to be corrected.
Yours sincerely,
A. }. Carey,
Pastor Institutional A. M. z. Church.
Residence: 242S Vernon Avenue, Chi
cago, Illinois.