The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-18
MAKE MINE THE HUMAN RACE

ploiters of one breed or another.
An unsettled human being with
little or no self-conhdence is easy
prey. The conditions under which
the Negro came into American life
and later became q citizen made
him easy pickings for the ex-
ploiter and opportunists. II often
had nothing to do with racial dn.
| ferenceS.
Some Of the better-known ex-
ploiters Of Americas Negro pop
ulation have been Negro plant
ers. lawyers. editors. doctors
medical and voodoo-beauty spe-
cialists. undertakerS ministers
and professional crusad era
Against and In spite Of these.
the Negro race has produced .
remarkable number Of quiet. In
telligent. honest leaders. who
have managed. despite all handi-
caps. to keep their race progress
ing
Ac-eed ina. Negroes have some
troubles that for al practical pur-
poses come about because they
are Nesroes. and that thre are
problems that should be-and can
Bestowed. the question asks il
,el.: What TO do No one NOR
tai has been able - supply the
answer Here are a few suggestions
tHai may lead 20 something help
fol although none n them is sd-
va0ccd as cure al,
Don't 60 of hsf.cocked No one
idea or one crusade is gong 70
reVO'Utlonl7e situation trat has
Heen banged around by humanity
for hundreds ~ wears An occa-
sionsl idea may help
The way 10 tackle eNrlOita;ion
~ heroes BY Whites should De 20
remove the Negroes from DO
sit,on in which 'hev &C easy prey.
How IN do that I,dNub, ,Fary one
intelligent man knows al the
answers. yct Put 10 = ard the
pro 'udices and determinations VIII
collapse
The human being. per 60. is =
-roblcm 20 Re solved Each Ne
gro is an individual human be!rg
and not part ~ column ~ st1'iS-
tics As human beings 'Hev are M
worse and no better than any otheE
group OF human beings SoTe are
GOOD. some bad: some are brilliant.
some mediocre DO not let he fact
that some Negroes are illl,er7'e
make you believe they are also
fools Negro il'iteracv is due -
lack ~ educaNou"l facilities ~ A.
serb education Per capita they
have produced aS many tnp-'li1h
performers IN every field ot en-
dNaVor as any other rare has Such
names as Joe Louis Richard
r Harrison. Major Robert Motion.
Doctor Georce Washington Carver
are known all over INC land These
people because - Specla, sN'Ntv
snd. in many eases. IN spite ~ The
lack NJ easily accessible NrNNr'u-
nifty. have risen - tAe -l0scle ~
human erdesvor - their rescee-
tive felds
There are. thousands 81 Ne
rrcets'rhc have achieved great
neo within their own Invited
spheres who will never he Ia
nous. Giles Arnold who Is the
foreman II Little Bee Rend Plan
taticn. IL the most eff'cient and
effective organizer and sunerin-
tendent I have ever seen. He can
barely read and write. Every
thing he knows he learned nv
lookin' around. talkin' wid dem
which dos things. and studdin
nv mind" Raising cotton Is his
business. but he knows cattle.
hay, machinery and people From
the hack 81 Prince. his saddle
horse. ne rsmrods siNty-odd fam
i'icS Of share hands over more
than 4 thousand screS NJ cotton
e,eh year.
Fin pu, old Triuce m 10 barn
and got ground ~ nv -ot.to h
saws I CCu'I r'snt al 6s isnd II
b. ser Parish
You think ne couldn't as n