The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-12

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men, America will not fail you"
These assurances caused THE AP-
PEAL to give candidate Harding
enthusiastic support. Our support,
probably, had, little to do with the
victory, but is mentioned to show that
this paper was not prejudiced against
him. - 80 -,.# -,@."
Soon after the President assumed
his duties it was noticed that he
seemed to forget his promises. Sc
gregation in the departments at
Washington was continued, three or
four jimcrow colored. men were ap-
pointed to jimcrow government posi-
lions. Colored youth were segregated
in the army training camps and COL
! ored men were not allowed to enlist
in the navy. In every way the Hard
ing administration has stood for the
segregation Of colored citizens and it
is sad to relate that some jimcrow
men accept this jincrow settlement
of matters. J., -..-s !
| THE APPEAL does not believe, as
Mr.. Harding puts it, that there is a
Fundamental, eternal and unescap-
able difference between the races"
To do so would be- to challenge God
and Christianity. It is distinct de-
parture from the ideals of the found
ers of the Republic who declared that
"all men are created equal and en-
dowed by their Creator with certain
inalienable rights, among them life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness"
After his argument in favor of
distinct place for the black and col
ored people, Mr.. Harding tells US that
the ''one thing we must most sedu-
lously avoid is the development of
group and class organizations in this
country He argued against the very
thing which he has previously argued
for. There are just as many differ
ences between the individuals of any
one race as their are between the peo-
pie Of any number of races. The
idea of race differentiation in any
form in the law, in the functions of
the government, and in public asso-
citation is contrary to a just concept
of democracy in which all men are
presumed to be equal, and is repug-
nant to the highest ideals of the
Christians God, who is declared to
have made of one blood all nations
Of men. If Mr.. Harding is right,
God is wrong. - -.
If Mr.. Harding had had the time
to study the question and he had
studied it with an open mind he would
have found that in France, Spain and
Portugal, there have never been any
racial hatreds founded on the color Of
the skin and the same is true of South
and Central America. In these coun-
tries, unhampered by class and color
distinctions colored men have risen to
the highest places in every branch of
human endeavor There are more
full hooded Negroes in Brazil than
in the United States; and, counting
the mixed-blood population Of black,
Indian and white, and the pure whites,
the population totals over 30,O00,OO0
who live together in perfect harmony,
without any public differentiation of
race. There are no social barriers
whatever in Brazil and it, is a com
plete refutation Of the idea that there
! must be social bars between the men
and women who are citizens of a
! country.
Color differentiation means the as
tendency Of one caste and the degra-
dation of the other. Social equality
; does not necessarily mean amalgama-
ton. That should be- matter for
individuals to determine. During the
coming disarmament parley, the Japa-
nese will be treated with the greatest
social consideration. They will be
wined and dined and received at every
social function, meeting people whc in
their hearts hold hatred toward them,
and in spite of all the social mingling
it is safe to say that not a single
marriage will result.
In democracy like ours, all men,
whether they are black or white, red,
yellow or brown, should meet in all
human relationships without racial
differentiatio ns----simply as AMERI-
CANS.