The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-04

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(rtiCiSCS president
Editor World: My attention is attracted to
your editorial titled Harding in the South"
and l fear from ii that your thinking cap had
been used overtime, or perhaps you desire to
withhold your true thoughts until he makes
another spill" Anyway, I can see no brief for
our president unless II Ia that he is ignorant or
The race problem and has made the mistake Of
thinking himself big enough to reverse the ex-
periencP OF ali past civilizations When you In
closing your editorial ask II Mr.. Harding will
succeed in sortening the prejudice or the south,
you are not raising question that affects only
the south. In fact that so-Callcd prejudice Of
the south is fast taking hold OF the nortn and
even extending into the far western cities whore
"a few negroes have gathered in recent years
am not one Of those hot-hcaded southern
ers YOU hear them tell about but saw negro
follow a white man and threaten him with
knife, on the main street OF northern city. |
turned and followed the negro and hc turned
and threatened me lie was about the first
negro | ever saw, but those northern men who
saw that deed that day had their sympathy
turned to the white folks OF the south Somo
OF my young friends and went TO church the
next sunday and heard the preacher dell 5rr one
OF those good old time northern GLORY Fourth
OF July" sermons, he laid emphasis on the glory
Of the nation for having raised the poor inno-
cent, helpless negroes from the level % beasts
tramped under the stubborn heel OF aristocratic
gouthernprs to tho worthy level OF free and
honorable American citizenship Some of my
friends could scarcely keep their seats, but they
found chance to tell It to the preacher after
ward. I'm recent years that preacher has
changed his tune, ana they wiz all change
man and never knew what a negro was yet he
often said that war fought by white men
where million white men were killed save
only three million negroes from getting spanked
a few times. certainly an nfamously un.
lust war.
The people OF tho south may be prejudiced,
but the northern folks are getting just as much
so. and getting there fast Just let few more
sheriff murders be pulled ore like the negro
case I'm So Joseph Mo. Mr.. Harding may have
meant we'll but his three points OF equality
namely educational, economic and political
equality ideas will stir stupid, sleeping giant
and In less time than you may believe, this
nation VIII be shocked with horror more ter
riblo than anything recorded in history either
ancient or modern, Politics. Mr., Harding, Poll
ties Mr. Editor but that speech viii react like
a buglc call and II viii echo around the world.
Death and devastation Will follow IT, A CEN
tury WIN not the end OF Its stirring infIu-
euce on Colored folk. Education will cause
them to argue further their idea OF superiority
and their assertion that Jesus black. like
wise economic equality will give them wealth.
a chance TO display great pride to employ
whites and control industries, while political
every office OF the land and finally to change
the marriage laws OF old Rome, after the white
by intrigue, rovolts rapine and murder Give
them Mr.. Ilardiug's three Points of equally
and peace will be no more In this land of tbs
free The only solution OF the negro problem is
To give the negroes a country of their own an
a state. or cuba, or Haiti or IA, Philippines
and then keep white people from interfering
with them. Yours truly
Sapulpa, Oct 20, EARL NORMAN.