The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-23
FOR NEGRO AND WHITE
WORKERS UNITY

we'll as weapon to divide the workers, to weaken
their ranks and to crush them separately.
White chauvinism in the ranks of the work
ing-class mirrors this superiority" theory of the
white bosses. The white chauvinistS willingly
or unwillingly, support their class enemies, the
bosses, to Cypress the Negro nation in the South,
instead of fighting for the right of the Negroes
of the South for the state unity of the Black
Belt and to determine their own form of govern
ment and its relation to the United States and
other governments. The white chauvinists are
supporting the wage cutting and strike break
ing policy of the white bosses, instead of work.
ing for the unity of the Negroes and white
workers in the interests of the whole working
class. The white chauvinists willingly or I'M
willingly, become a supporter of the lynch law,
instead of demanding death penalty to the
lynchers. Speaking about the cases of white
chauvinism among the Lithuanian, Jewish and
Finnish workers, the white chauvinist immigrant
workers, by supporting the discrimination policy
of the ruling class against the immigrant workers,
own doom, they upheld the discrimination policy
of the ruling class against the IMMIGRANT workers,
The bosses are naturally the winners.
How to Struggle Against White Chauvinism.
Where the white workers eliminate from
their ranks the deadly poison of race superior
ty" and are fighting for Negro rights, the Ne
gro masses and the white workers are the win
ners. One example is the struggle of the white
delegates to the National Conference for the
Protection of Foreign Born against JIM rowism.
At the conference all delegates had been con-
WINGED that the Negro masses and white workers
must struggle together against all forms of dis
elimination. The result was, that the white
delegates lead all demonstrations against JIM
Crowsm The further result was, that the
Negro masses in Washington, when the news Of
the series Of demonstrations like prairie fire
spread all through the Negro districts in turn
recognized that these white workers with
them against the white bosses and when the
delegation left the city, there was a spontaneous
demonstration OF Negroes hailing the white
delegates.
Only through struggle against white chauv-
mist theology and against those who persist in
their hatred of Negroes exposing them and
throwing them out of organizations of the work
ers, to the enemy camp, where they belong, only
through such measures can create the unity
of the Negro masses and white workers, without
which no struggle for unemployment relief or
unemployment insurance, no struggle for right
of DIFFERENTIATION for Negroes, no struggle
against wage cuts, against deportation, ETC., can
be successful.
The most elementary steps to be taken in this
struggle, are:
l. To disccss through l2csur2s at meetings
OF all mass organizations OF workers the Negro
question
q Continuous theological campaign in the
revolutionary press against white chauvinism
for the unity of the Negro masses and white
workers.
3. To assign in unions and other organiza-
tons Negro workers not only for special work
among Negroes, but for general leading func-
tons and white workers for work together with
Negro workers among the Negro masses.
T. The immigrant workers, live in most cases,
near to the Negro workers districts and are
therefore in good position to mingle with them
To affairs, etc, organized by those foreign born
workers. we must get always Negro workers.
We must fraternize with them, agtate them.
5. To win over the organizations of white
workers to support the League of Struggle for
Negro Rights and its organ, the Liberator
6. When Negroes are evicted from their
homes, not only the masses of Negroes, but the
masses in the neighboring territories, mostly
populated with foreign born workers, must be
modified to fight against the eviction of
Negroes.