The Omaha guide., 1934-05-19

and there is something that attracts
your attention. Those bannas are ripe
yellow, healthy looking articles, and
above all are clnging to n stalk.
Every banana is hanging from the
same position and each one that is
pulled off leaves a space, showing that
one or more is missing. There are
M bruised ones, because if a canana
ccomes bruised or no good, as we
would call 1t, t is taken down ami
cast aside, because if it is allowed TO
reman there, t will more than likely
III the others. The Grocer does
Tor the purpose of aving his stalk, and
the ones that are taken from the stalk.
are usually sold at bargin price, be-
caue they are at the stage, where they
cannot be held much longer
NOW you notice someone coming in
to the store. They purchase from the
clerk, some bananas. The bananas
are torn from the stalk. From that
moment those bananas are doomed.
Their minutes and even their very sec
onds are numbered. Why? Because
when they leave that stalk, when the
person purchases them, it is with one
purpose, to skin them and eat them.
So, with the Human family, special
ly the Negroes. We will
them with bananas. We will lake
the Negro race, a a whole, to be the
stalk. The individuals as the bananas.
Now $ long as the Bananas stay on
that stalk, in other words, as long
as they stick together, they have no.
thing to worry about. But the mo-
ment one banana leaves that stalk.
he is in danger, he is not sure of any
thing; there is always the danger of
his being skinned.
The Negro rae Of today, is con
tinually being skinned, and being
ni,hed. Why? Because they have
ali left the stalk. Each one is fight
ing the other. Instead of trying to
Int n another up, they are contin-
ually pushing one another down. They
are continually skinning one another.
Now for instance, take the white race
They are always trading and employ
ing their own people. By doing this
there is always positions for their
younger generation that out of
school. This being an inducement for
their younger generation to go on
through school and equip themselves
so as to be able to place themselves
upon the stalk of the business world.
On the contrary, the Negro has put
but few inducements, because there
are 1000 chances for the white youth
chat go through school to every one
chance for a colored youth. Why. be-
cause the white business makes a
new chance every day fir his youth
by sticking to their stalk.
Until the Negro gets it through his
head that to get anywhere, or, to
get anything, you first must have
operation; until he realizes the old
saying, United we stand; Divided
we fall" Until he quits fighting
against his felowman and begins fight
ing for him, he will continue to be
down. He will have no need to ex-
pect anything else There will con-
tnue t 0 be ly~nchings, brutal, merciles
heatrless lynchings. The young Ne
gro youths will continue to come out
of schol with nthing t do. There will
continue t be no opportunities for
his youth hat come out of universi-
ties and colleges by the thousands
each year.
Did you ever stop to picture this
situation? 1t is truly heartbreaking,
to any Negro mar or woman that has
the least bit of loyalty for his
group. If there were only some word
Or some deed or act that could be done
or said that could make the Negro
race e the mistake they are making
There is only one thing inded, and
with that one thing, there would come
a change That is cooperation, not
half hearted cooperation, but full
hearted, 0 breakable cooperation.
AS long as the colored race con.
tinues to feel tht it's members are no
good, and that the white person can
complete a job better than the Negro,
the race will continue to be down. AS
long as the Negro continues to spend
his money with Other groups and have
other groups do their general work,
the white youth will continue to be
the ones to have tibet places.
If the Negro will make up his mind
TO coopcate with zach othen to
trade with their own people o. not
at all, the race will begin to stand out
in the public eye. Their Children will
have places of employment; there
will b no lychings; there will be
places of employment for the Negro
as well as the white: the white people
Will begin to prospect the colored.
They will give them what they de-
mand. 1t is not up to one or two of
tn ace to make this dream come true.