The southern news., 1938-06-11
Rambling Thoughts
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CHANGING ATTITUDES OF MAGAZINES

hit by the Saturday Evening Post in its
May 21 issue when it dedicated its story BLACK Omens
to profound comment the social, economic and polite
al life of the Harlem Negro The author of this article Stan
ley High, gives very fair and liberal discussion Some of
the highlightS of his comment
Negro solidarity has been long coming and it has not
yet fully arrived But it is already enough to be visible
And the pace at which the remaining distance will be
cred is likely to be fast 1t is not possible say
where the Negroes Of the North going but there is
much evidence that wherever is, they will go there to-
gether---The forces which uniting the present
day Negro conrnity of the North far potent
and portentous than pride in the achievements
in the White mans world of such personalities Maxine
Sui, Man. tuke EIng
the Negroes of the North result of their developing
solidarity, have been pushed squarey into the middle of
the dzzest of political and economic whrpoos And
there evidence that the Negroes of the South
slower pace being moved in the directon--,-
The Negro is out for place in the He does not
expect to get it. like Emancipation, on silver platter He
plans to make take it for himsef-----The Negroes
of the North still the But this time their
shift is not geographical 1t is social POLITICAL and economic
----Hs btterest is reserved these days for the
white mans Niger He may revere, his father
did, the of Booker T. Washington but unlike his fa-
ther, he has little for Washngtons counsel If
there any hero worship it is reserved for such
A. Phillip Randolph the Negro president of the erna-
tiona Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Negro
community reflects these changes 1t cut off than
before from the white mans world He votes
IN the column from which terms OF visible returns he
is likely to get the most-----------"
Thus this magazine has taken the trail of several others
Life Time, that stand in the favor of the coored
and is giving justice where justice is due The day
is fast going when editors and other thinking people
cngng to old idea of the supremacy of the majority
Instead they gradually realizing that their progress
varies directly with the progress of the other groups with
which they in contact The old truth of the kite tail
is revealing lght-as long the tail is kept down.
the kite cannot rise
Although this article might have brought forth much
indCnaton from few narrowminded readers, it has add
ed thousands of coored patrons to its subscription
list in other words its collateral has, without doubt in
creased.
The pace slow, but the goal is certain-a day
is coming and with coming broader IDEAS lib
eral thoughts tolerance and in Short better world
in which to live.
LET'S HELP REDEEM OUR "Y"
few weeks ago "Y" which for two years had been
identified the Phyllis Wheatly Association underwent
changes and great effort started for it's redemp
tion
The prestige that this institution has lost during it's
clark ages is evident from the small number of activ
ties that it has been carrying 1t is further evident in
the decreasing interest of the young people its few pro-
ects All the values of such institution to a community
cannot be told in few words, but just of it's aims
of developing girls into useful christian women alone should
be enough to attract every girl and woman to it.
Although attempt has been made to liquidate the