The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-24

on the subject of tuberculosis, by
the fact that Negroes live in sec
tons, "where the streets are mar
rowest and least cleaned"
In Cincinnati, the death rate from
tuberculosis is 675 for Negroes COM
pared to pa among whites. This
high Negro death rate is said TO be
caused by "overcrowding of the
Negro migrants pouring into tene-
ments in Northern cities, and filing
them from cellar to garnet.
Negro Ghettos Permanent.
The fiocking of the Southern
Negro farmers to Northern cities is
a steady and permanent movement.
In 1880 29.5 per cent of the Negro
population was urban, while in 1910
Negroes in urban centers had in
creased to 46.3 of the total Negro
population Of this country. These
facts warrant the conclusion that
the Negroes, along with The whites,
affected by causes which will un-
doubtedly operate for an indefinite
time, will continue to come to towns
in large numbers, and many will
stay. We shall, therefore, continue
to have a large permanent city
Negro population.
1t is almost unbelievable in view
of the evident evils of overcrowd-
ing, high rents, antagonism, and
bad environment which results from
segregation, that some Negroes
themselves favor this policy of segre-
cation. At many conferences in
the past strange as it may seem,
the prominent Negroes have spok-
en- in favor of the policy of seq
regation, on the ground that it CON
centrated the power Of the Negroes,
making them more independent of
the whites.
The Dream of Segregation.
Prominent Negroes have discussed
the possibility of benefting their
Race thru segregation for, many
years. Some years ago Dean Miller
Kelly made guarded plea for segre-
CATION, saying, "The Negro Race in
this country is segregated. We must
face the facts. The real problem is
not so much a political one.
There must be found some infiu-
ence which will serve to help things
as we find them-the germ of self
sufficiecny is the most hopeful indica-
ton of the settlement. All they need
is the proper stimulus in the course
Of time, which will develop an in
dependent territory"
Answering Dean Miller's statement,
Rev. Oscar Scott declared, "We ought
to conclude that it is absolutely a
'pipe-dream" to think Of getting the
Negro into any state or territory
and there expect him to be able to
enjoy all the rights of citizenship in
America"
More and more the Negroes have
come to realize that Garveyism and
other forms Of segregation are i'm
possible and Intellectual attempts to
dodge the struggle for Race equality,
The Negro workers are coming
around to the viewpoint of the
Workers Party on this matter-that
to advocate segregation is to run
away from the race question instead
of solving it. The Workers Party. in
their resolution on the Negro ques-
ton says, "The Workers Party will
oppose among the Negroes all move
ments looking to the surrender of the
Negroes rights in this country such
as the "Back to Africa Movement. /"
which is only an evasion of the real
struggle and an excuse to surrender
the Negroes rights in their native
land-America. The United States
is the home of the American Negro.
and the Workers Party Champions his
full, free and equal partnership with
his white brothers in the future So
ciety."
Tomorrow we will tell what place
the migrating Negro has found in the
industrial system of the North, and
why it is impossible for him to d.
vorce himself from the white race
thru segregation.