The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-13

cal1y, socially and economically.
The sooner we face these facts, the
quicker we will begin to work for
our own salvation. And the sooner
we ourselves start to work for our
salvation, the sooner we will attain
place of respect, power and Sc
curity in American life.
OLD GAG WON'T WORK
Nobody is going to give us any
thing. Even the good white folks
the best of them, are firing Of carry
ing the Negro. The magical methods
formerly used to extract large con-
tributions from the pockets OF white
philanthropists for Negro education,
charity, ct cetera. have Just about
worn out. Five dollar bills come
from donors WHO formerly took
their. pen in hand and wrote a
check for q thousand. At one time
any Negro with long tail coat, a
collar turned backwards and tears
in his eyes could walk into the
palatial offices of Americas cap
tsins OF industry and paint pic
ture OF the sufferlngs and needs OF
his people which would cause the
heart to burn and the pocketbook
fly wide-epeh- Those coed old days
lave gone forever. Whining and
begging no longer produce results.
AN INEsCAPABLE FACT
You-say the Negro should in
tegrate." Suppose you are right, is
not the shortest route, in an en-
vironment which circumscribes him,
TO build so high, wide and strong in
his circumscribed area as to over
flow the dams which hold him in?'
Power is the only force that will
batter down the barriers which hold
US back. We can never acquire this
power until we develop a group
consciousness. The whole group
must be carried forward. Big
shot. who rua-frem- Negro COM
nunities and never raise a hand
10 do anything but criticize every
effort the masses make to rise, are
traitors to the cause OF Negroes.
The foundation upon which the
Negro must build his future is, the
masses OF Negroes who are strug-
Cling toward the light. II these are
not carried forward the preacher,
doctor, lawyer, business man and
the-whole Negro group must stay
down among the dregs OF Americas
citizenry. That is an inescapable
fact. The 400" who are just few
weeks removed from welfare can
turn up their noses as much as they
please. but II they hope to make
progress they had better get their
noses out -of-the air and-beRin-a-
constructive program to build group
strength and power.
COMMITTING SUICIDE
Every racial group in America
with exception OF the Negro group
seeks to perpetuate itself The Negro
wants TO scatter out-be absorbed
bleach out and in some miraculous
way disappear He is slowly COM
hitting suicide. Why die7 Why
should we, the Negro. desire to fade
out into something else? What is
wrong with being Negro? Did
God blunder when he made us
black with broad noses and wooley
hair God made nearly 400 million
folks In the world that look like
us Why should we be ashamed OF
ourselves? Try to run away from
ourselves7 Are we weaker than
everybody else Have we less
,rsins? Have we less PRIDE Have
we less moral stamina? Have w less
courage? Are we uglier? Uglier?
Who dare say Gods work is ugly7
Why do we spend so much time
trying to run away from ourselves?
Trying to be everything but our
selves7 Do we have to be white to
win? Have not other people won
facing fearful odds7 Why cant WEI
Are we less human than the rest Of
ahankind7
WHY GET EXCITED
Why in the name OF all that is
holy do Nesroes get exrited uhen