The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-06-26
IN THE CRYSTAL BALL

IN THE CRYSTAL BALL
Outside of the city limits of Detroit, two extra
special housing projects have been designed anc
built to accommodate workers who have darl
skins, one at Ypsilanti and the other at Inkster
In these two modern asylums the coored war work
ers will be herded together in order not to ICON
taminate" the white war workers with whom they
work and eat sde-by-sde every day. These projects
are owned and operated by the United States gov
ernment under the general direction of queer erea
ture by the name of John B. Blandford, the Nationa
Housing Administrator.
Very soon no doubt, some prominent Uncle Toms
or some Aunt Toms will be called upon to dedicate
these neat compact structure which, to Mr.. Var
Vechten's phrase may be looked upon as the SmarteS
thing in "Nigger Heavens" Uncle Tom or Aunt
Tom will tell the kind white folks in Washington
that these two heavens just the things for our
dark war workers who just love to live together
by themselves and preserve the glorious tradition
of the fine old South where the white folks and col
ored folks get along so we'll in between ynchngs
These heavens will be run by Amos and Andy
and all sorts of wonderful things in prospect for
the tenants. They will be reminded that they can
do fine thing for the race by keeping the trash
off the grass and behaving themselves which will
show the white folks that they deserve the nice Jim
Crow housing. Uncle Tom Aunt Tom will say
that these projects are so much better than the
shacks from which they come that the tenants ought
not to bubble over little thing like Jim Crowism.
After ALL Uncle Tom will say, the government must
follow the fascist pattern of the private builders
even though tax money is used and there are no
jim Grow taxes. Aunt Tom will say you can't expect
the government really to do the things the Consti-
tuition demands for that would be too radical. Uncle
Tom will insist that we be realistic, you know
When the children of the war workers 60 to
school, they will very probably go to neat little
red schoohouse designed exclusively for dark chill
dren The kids will be told that they free Ameri
can citizens and they will read about the little white
boy who was born in log cabin and wound up in
the White House. They will be taught that "al men
are created equal and the teacher will vince get
a lump in her throat and add Sin the sight of God
anyway, my dears." These children are going to
ask lot of questions about the land of the free and
the brave. When they learn the truth, they are
going to get angry and one or two of them might
put on a zoot suit and all the Uncle Toms will hang
their heads in shame.
A gang of white urchins from Willow Lodge
will seek some sport by daring the little colored
boys to leave the confines Of "ngger heaven" The
kids will fight and the parents are going to take
up where the children leave off and rioting will take
place all over the landscape Amos and Andy who
run the projects will ask Charlie Edgecomb for some
barbed wire to fence in the dark asylums and keep
the races apart. Government officials will wiring
their hands over the terrible race problem. Finally
separate factory will have to be built for dark
workers or perhaps they will be simply fired and
put on relief
John B. Blandford who started the whole mess
by giving government sanction to Jim Crowism in
housing will be feted by the National Association of
Uncle Toms for providing dark war workers with
nice Jim Crow housing. Then the Michigan Chronicle
will be called radical or subversive for stating that
Mr. Blandford is sinking traitor to democracy
and should be thrown out Of Washington on his ear,
to mention respectable part of his anatomy. While
we hope these dire events will not come to pass we
can make sure they won't by kicking Mr.. Blandford
and all of his stooges out of the government now
and leaving those asylums out at Inkster and Yps
lanti to the gremlins.
A NATION DIVIDED
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