The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-08
THE FACTS m
OUR NEWS
" HORACE 4. WHITE

do nothing about their plight in
this present war. TIE Constitution
Of the United States. the Atlantic
Charter. and the Christian religion
say plainly that equality. and the
Abandonment Of race segregation
are the only real ways by which
the Allied Nations can really Be
saved.
II seems that what the Free Press
editorial should have found itself
doing, II It is really interested In
winning the war. is saying to the
white people in Detroit. who are
practicing race discrimination, that
such practices are reasonable -
the Allied Natisns.
A black soldier IN NsstA Africa,
Australia aAA IL lilo q Ne -,
certainly cannot enter wholshaart-
edly into the hattie Of the day II
he has 20 feel that when he comes
back TO America al that he finds
awaiting him 10 segregation and
race bigotry sn IL past q - large
. section u the American peeple.
There are Negroes and whites In
Detroit concerned enough about
this problem OF race discrimination
and bigotry. to take definite stand
now. during this war. for equality
and No discriminatisn In eur De-
mecracy. II the Free Press r afraid
10 institute q program whereby is-
norant whites may have q chance
TO understand the reasons for this
war. then Negro leaders and en-
lightened white leaders must use
every means at their disposal TO
educate the misguided whites. II
win the war. with race prejudice
and rsce Segregation still In the
saddle. In eur ss-called democracy,
ID equal - curing . syphilitic ssre
on . mans ace without treating
the bleed. II we permit the Allied
Nations 70 win this war without
having zone . long way toward
making plans to eradicate the basis
Of wars then we lay the fsunda-
tions for another war.
Race prejudice as practiced by
the majority OF Americans, by the
majority o. Englishmen. will have
to 60, IL We are going to do away
with one OF the main reasons for
international conflict. not to speak
OF the national conflict.
Certainly, il would be very cary
for everybody concerned IL the
leaders OF the Negro people, and
the leaders Of the enlightened white
population just sat back and took
race discrimination and segregation
without a protest
This will not be the case. no mat
ter what the Free Press says. or
anybod- says. The people who are
fighting race disc Elimination and
race prejudice. really want to win
the war. We know we have to have
all OF our available manpower in
every possible service In AM RIGA.
on basis OF equality. Hsw can we
challenge the rsce discrimlnstisa
and raes bigotry carried On by the
German government and the Jap
anese government II at the same
time We In America Are practicing
the same thing In our direst hour
Of peril. The enemy 10 Utmost with
In eur gates and we still say that
we cannot afford to ret rid Of ace
prejudice and race discrimination.
w, must get rid Of race discrimina-
tion In order 70 win The war and
the peace.
The editor OF the Free Press says
that nothing should be done now
10 get rid of race discrimination be-
cause IL anything is attempted, the
community will run the risk Of
riotuos dangers OF extremists.
Whoever presumed that this gov
eminent. whether local. state or
federal, was ever controlled by ex-
tremists. II people who are really
interested In the war. are going 10
bow to ignorance and short sight
ednev. we Just as we'll now call
our boys from the battlefield. and
invite the Axis to take over.
Your correspondent NAV be too
optimistic. but I cannot believe,
that the editorial In the Free Press
Is the result OF the editors best
thinking about how we can win this
war. In terms OF the things We are
fighting for. on many battle fronts
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