The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-05-04
Il CAN'T BE WHITE.

u When the tears have dried 1
and the laugh Is over. memori,
!, lof Delilah5 and Peola haunt yc
still.
Poor little innocent Peola, ca
you ever forget her. and do n,
her words still ring in your ears
Il CAN'T BE WHITE" OF a
ways OF seeing ones self, this
beyound doubt the most falls,
the most pitifuf, the most dis
courageing.
Is the mission OF life to be rec
brown, yellow. white or black?
Has color ever made singl
contribution to progress?
No! The true mission of eye-,
life Is to get out OF II the yer,
best that is In 1t.
Wishing and praying to be lik,
Others Is not the way.
Wink H."
Be yourself. make yourself be,
lieve in yourself and developt
yourself TO the highest capacity
in you.
Nobody can put qualities into
us from the outside.
Powers and virtues OF the soul
are in US and can never be deve-
loped by wishing.
Like seed that never have been
watered. men struggle thru the
years with dynamic imprisoned
in their souls and never release
them.
Like poor Peola. some believe
that The great forces for good in
their lives can never be released
because God painted the outside
black.
The greater hour in Negro's
life comes when he stops trying TO
initiate. to be someone else and
makes up his mind to be himself
TO be himself at his best.
As Negro, | may be black and
week, doors may be barred, the
- ssa.s s.., - aps snsfss.l
still frown upon me, pitiless
storms of oppression and injustice
may rain upon my defenseless
head and the way | had to travel
may have been tnrony and hard,
but God made me like other men
even in His image, and in my
soul He as planted the fertile
of powerful qualities.
Getting out OF me the best that
is In me, Is up to me.
Out OF the inside are the Is
sues Of life. Your color Is not
your affair, be yourself. Never
mind others and what they say
and do. BE yourself.
Self expression; that's the key
note. Let the secret powers OF
your inner soul cry out and rins
out in some form of expression.
Too long has the Negro be-
lieved in the possibilities o
others and not OF himself
Get ready and wait, your da!
will come. "De Lawd" waited
nearly 60 years, but his day came
His day would have never dawnet
had he been unprepared.
And they that were read.
went i'm and the door was closed
God only knows how man,
hopeless nights and bitter day
"De Lawd" crammed into his pre-
paration. Waiting almost so years
what price patience?
Almost 60 years of self-denia
patience, faith in his soul, hard
| ships and trials, but "De Lawd
won.
This is what matters most. nc
your birth place, not your colo
not your race, not your none,
not your home, not your denoml
nation. but did you win7
Did the best In you express 1
self outside OF you? Have yc
found an outlet for those &C
given forces in your
God never painted all Of b
flowers white, and neither did
plant all OF them on the beautif
, mountain sides. Out OF the mari
grows the lily"
Skin only has color and th
has been created by climate CO.
ditions, therefore. II is Of lit
Importance.
The world would lose so mu
OF It's beauty IL all was whit
white flowers, white trees. Will
skies, white people; Just ever
thing white.
But God wanted n beautif
! world. SO we have a symphony
cole ts In everything.
! Al Nero, I can proudly 81
can't be white. but can
good. can't be white, but I c
be great. I can't be white, but
can be true. I can't be white. b