The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-20

When minority is as visible
as the Negroes, time may harden
prejudices into lnsrsiped habits.
The caste system Of the South
is a weed which will grow as we'll
in northern climates as in south
ern.
1T generally astonishes people to
learn how many Mexicans there
are In the United States--3,S00, geo
by some estimates =. They meet
the suspicion generally met by
immigrants with darker skins, ana
meet Il In harshest form along the
border, but the problem Of inte-
grating Mexican Americans Into the
national life Is not . Southwestern
problem. II Is . national prob
lem.
The problem OF -Semitism
is not TO be solved by seSregsting,
deporting. insulting. humiliating.
or massacring Jews. II is 10 be
solved only by making sure that
the man on the street gets more
information and less hate-props-
ganda"
These are al quotations from
One Nation BY Wallace Stegner
and the editors OF Look" maya
zine Described as a text-and-pic-
ture study Of eight % the most
colorful Of our minori;ies. Il is
a book which faces facts Illus
trsted with many excellent and
often striking photographs chosen
carefully % explain the text the
book is one which presents a full
outline Of the plight Of minorities
in this country. Completely fac
tual, the text is well written and
shows an understanding Of the psy-
Geological as we'll as the physical
factors which plague the oppressed
Of the nation.
A number Of incidents. are given
which highlisht the plight 81 the
various peoples discussed here.
Certainly even the most prejudicsd
reader must realize that something
is wrong with the present treat
ment Of minorities after perusiRa
! One Nation
The problem If the American
Negro Is one with the problem 81
india; the Chinese In Chinatown
have counterparts In China; the
mistreatment Of Mexicans in the
fields Of the Southwest has inter
national implications that involve
all Of Latin America. And the
world that we hope for. where
peace and international accord are
possible through cooperation and
arbitration, seems like q yeasty
dream indeed II within the United
states, conceived In liberty and
dedicated 10 the proposition that
all men are created equal" we can
not achieve a harmony Of our races
and creeds into a single nation.
Mr. Stegner and tho editors of
Look" are 10 be commended on
the fortnight way in which they
have approached Americas No.
problem.
"One Nation" nv Wallace SseE.
ner; and the editors Of Look"
Houshten Mifflin Company; Bos-
ton; ls45, s3.75.
IN THE MAGAZINES
Murder al Harvard" IN the
American Scholar for Autumn, l945
is an Interesting. skillfully writ
ten artiHle which .pokes gentle fun
at staid Harvard.
The Right To BE Scoundrel. {"
by Libby BENEDICT i'm the current
Saturday Review Of Literature
points out that minority groups
should be entitled 10 q few scoun-
drels. As things are now. crim-
inals are slwsys regarded rs typi-
cal ~ racial group and so iden-
tilted and its scholars and scientists
are not
Discrimination In Our Medical
Schools" by Frank Kingdom in the
October American Mercury gives
figures on the way in which Jews
particularly and other racial groups
are kept out Of many leading medi-
cal schools Mr.. kingdom also gives
answers 10 the old arguments us
ually dragged out 10 defend the
quota system.