Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-12-20
DIR. W. L. RansOme
On
SOCIOLOGY
negro Unity And Other Race Unity

white @ from eyerv angle The question of variation color
difference in brute strength degree OF emotlonasm menta
nferiory SUPERIORITY nIerlory coApie"' ueeieo VI
The oueston which we raise in this this. Are the
Negroes divided themselves as group or race a
are other people among themselves race Inc writer
holds that the Negro divided than other
the being the There is mourning natey
attached the Negro to keep him from cooperating with MS
group go e4, - , III. -
much emphasis that becomes accepted as true nave often
heard story which somewhat like this: circus man
shouted the door of his tent Come in every
and will show sight which never saw betore People
The circus nailed an iron ring to piece
plank firmly fastened in the ground then passed two pieces OF
through and four on each END OF
the ropes then shouted "Pu Pull Pu Each time all the
Negroes obed pulled ordered Then the circus sa
Gentlemen the show over But the crowd became furious and
asked that The circus sad You have seen
Negroes pull together did you that before The crowd
laughed and went out.
The sad thing about this story this many Negroes tell it
seriously and more believe than tell it, He who lacks faith in
himself has half failed already 1t veth unto
himself that the Negro succeed this country with
the help of the white but the Negro lacks confidence in
himself, he will not rise higher even with this help
Authority
1t may be asked what grounds by what authority
make the statement that the Negro divided than other
statistical investigation necessary History, current
events and observation all to show that lack OF
cooperation among people not due to color The educated and
trained differ from the ignorant and unframed bu THE educated
also differ among Themselves so do the ignorant.
In Governmental Affairs
said Negroes the darker races are
divided that they not capable of self On this
reasoning the United States the Philip
pine Islands, and Hata must be supervised and Liberia must be
investigated these governments need help because
they dark people, but rather because they in the state
Of making All governments passed through similar stages and
manytho whieare still passing through this stage of infancy
England was worth but little before 1865 when William Of
Normandy down and beat the warning Angles SaXon and
Jutes Stabilized government under edua system These
tribes not black but they fought and quaeed badly
any Negroes did Now they have become the great English
Empire Students of history recall similar examples
In Church Affairs
The Negro often criticized for dscord his churches
When it to religious matters the white past
Wesley founded Mehodm Calvin led the Presbyteran
until have end of denominations What
the Negro has done simply choosing of these which
best to him. After all greater Negroes
willing to cooperate than of the white
In Business
When to business capital that the Negro
and spirit of cooperation Many Negroes do not take stock
things because they have the money if they have it,
they cannot invest where maturity will be of long duration The
consolidation of three Negro banks one in Richmond s an
exponent OF what the Negro is willing to do
Current Observations
If judge the spirit of cooperation from the doing of
current events in International national and local affairs is
reasonable to conclude that it among the other races that
discord stalks abroad
We quote from daily newspapers the following headlines;
Revolt Move Threatens King Alfonso Rebeious Democrats
Law Is Ruled Invalid by Judge Clark "Cy Council Hopelessy
Divided Over Ninth Street Bridge Plans"
II Negro Council had done in matter the City Council
OF Richmond has acted in the Ninth Street Bridge problem these
Negroes divided than other and for this they
deserve much credit for
Often efforts made by white people to keep them
divided Tor political and economic purposes
The Negro must sometimes remain aloo from the ove
ments OF his group in order to keep his lob.
Tradition is that they cannot pull ogeher-th he has
tight as handicap
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