Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-08-11

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pot through the amalgamation with
the white race. These were the Ne
groes who gloried in the prospects
of a race of honey-colored, straight
haired beings who generations later
would be known as "Colored Ameri-
cans" or plain Americans" in
Invisible from the rest of the popu-
lation because the entire American
population would be so mixed UP
with various racial strains that
those who opposed the Negro on
grounds of color alone, would give
up in disgust and let things stand.
The unfortunate result of the
whole thing, however, has been the
tendency on the part of white men
and black men in interracial inter-
mingling to seek the sordid instead
of the spiritual. After the Com
munists had entered the arena and
taken up for political reasons the
cause of the forgotten American
black man, many legitimate mar
riages between black and white
sprang up to augment those of
other years which had been con-
summated by those involved in de-
fiance Of established custom and
precedent.
These Communist-inspired ven
lures served to further fan preju-
dice among Negroes and whites be-
cause the Communists didn't shirk
one responsibility nor dodge one is
sue in their program Of actually
practicing democracy.
Promiscuities Wreak Plenty Harm
But subtle preachments, dogmas,
propaganda and tanning of racial
animosities have continued. The
cause of white and black social in
termingling is daily weakened be-
cause Of promiscuities among ado
lescents and juveniles, as we'll as
older persons who seek the thrill
of intimacy with racial stocks not
of their own. With the example set
and still being carried out by Ne
groes in high places in worship
ing things white and deploring
things black, the untutored Negro
of the masses is having himself a
"private ball." He has been fed
insidious doses of false expecta-
tons which he uses to justify his
desires. This has had an unfortu-
nate effect on serious efforts by
thinking members of both races
to solve common problem through
common, harmonious action.
There is legitimate cause for
alarm when prominent white wom-
en- who in former years considered
themselves missionaries among the
downtrodden Negroes now turn
elsewhere with their succor.
There is cause for misapprehen-
sion when reports seep into Negro
communities from white groups
that even the most intellectual and
outstanding among the Negro lead
ers are not above making a play"
for some desirable white woman.
Negroes counter with the charge
that white men seek the compan-
ionship of Negro women, using
such conferences and discussion
groups as the mask for an actual
desire.
Some professional persons are be-
ing accused by some Negroes as
furthering the cause of amalgama-
ton openly because of their con-
tact with whites in their line of
duty. And some professional "race
experts" who bounce about in the
public eye from one big organiza-
ton specializing in interracial re-
lationships to another, are being
blamed for the state of affairs
which siphon into race friction and
race riots because of lack of under
standing among the masses, both
Negro and white, has been allowed
to remain as it is. Whatever the
future holds, both races suffer be-
cause of the lack Of a clear-cut,
understandable basis for inter-
racial relationships.