Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1932-04-30
This World
WITH THE CoLUMNIsTs
DABNEY
WILKINS
SCHUYLER
Cecil E. Newman

Cecil E. Newman
Every paper of any size has its col
umnists these days. Among the most
noted and widely read of Negro col
umn conductors are Geo. S. Schuyler,
Roy Wilkins and Wendell P. Dabney.
Personally we prefer to stick to our
last. We do not care for the task of
trying each week in addition to editing
this paper, to produce a readable front
page column. So, this week we will
quote from these three leading col
umnists and let it go at that.
Mr.. Dabney, editor Of the CINCIN-
MATT UNION, is one of the most brill
liant writers of the contemporary Ne
gro press. Recently in his personal
column he said:
Negroes who succeed best among
Negroes are those who are loudest,
most boastful, most commonplace.
"Negroes who succeed best among
whites are those who know their
place. for whites ever adore the Negro
who kneels to them in reverence, wor-
ship and alteration
"The Negro who plays the most
monkey makes the most money.
Gall hail, Americas master mind
YE GREAT AND GLORIOUS GANG
STER! Other countries are ruled by
their nobility. America by its igno-
bity!"
Roy Wilkins, assistant secretary
N. A. A. c. P, a st. Paul boy who
made good in the big city, contributes
from New York to the K. C. CALL, a
potent column of comment. Last
month the Unity Inn in Kansas City
refused to serve meals to two colored
co-eds from Kansas University who
visited the inn with white classmates.
Thousands of Negroes interested in
the Unity School of Christianity were
astonished. Roy Wilkins in character
istic vein belabored the Unity people.
! Charles Fillmore, president of the K.
C. school, wrote Wilkins, attempted an
explanation of the discrimination. In
dismissing Fillmore's letter Wilkins
said in his CALL column:
"Mr. Fillmore brings up the also
outworn statement that Negroes will
come into their own only by 'becom-
ing obedient to the spiritual laws.
That is a doctrine straight from the
hell which certain white people have
made of religion. Whenever white
man says that he means the spiritual
laws which HE selects, he means
that Negroes should be meek, should
answer persecution with prayer,
should turn the other cheek, should
bear their burdens to the Lord in
their secret closets, should grin and
jig while they are being kicked around
by the great white religionists and
their followers.
"That's the same kind of junk Billy
Sunday breaches when he holds
special meetings for Negroes"
The most widely read is of course
George S. Schuyler of whom this col.
umn has spoken before. Perhaps
every literate Negro and most dis
eliminating white thinkers have reae
Schuyler. At present he is editing
the NATIONAL NEWS. Commenting
on some aspects of the much discussed
Massie case in Hawaii, Mr.. Schuyler
recently said in defense of Clarence
barrow, counsel for Massie, and the
three other indicted Americans:
among Negroes there has been
some criticism of Clarence barrow be-
cause he has undertaken the defense
Of the@aceused. lynchers. After his
long record as a champion of the I'M
derdog, it seems strange to many col
ored folk that he should become coun-
sci for accused lynchers. That Mr..
barrow is a great Liberal and has rem
dered signal service to Negroes
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