Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-08

place that might be opened 10 ~
wherever we are found. Other
races are similarly divided and sim.
iIarly confused. The Jews are split
on the question Of Zionism with
an international homeland in Pales-
tine. OF Indignation. Hitler started
q world war by appealing directly
TO the nationalistie instincts Of Ger
mans, whether native or foreign
born. The Irish are afflicted with
a division on inteRrationalism. SO
are the Scotch, the Poles and other
hyphenated groups comprising the
pOlyglot mixture in the American
melting pot.
Seeks Legislation Of Rights
InteRratiOnalism seeks 10 acquire
its aims through the passage Of
laws ordering, commanding, and
forcing the bad actors TO drop their
prejUdices, hatreds and suspicious
based on color, race and creed and
To accept those they do not want
as equals, whether in politics, bust
ness, general society or religion.
NatiOnalism, In our case, would
either seek an ultimate homeland
somewhere in Africa. or in failing
develop an intense pride Of race
among US here in the United States
that would create black belts
throughout the land in which Ne
gro businesses. Negro churches
Negro institutions, Negro schools
Negro this and Negro that would
he goal, the fountainhead OF
the idea that there II no inferior
ity IN color, but equality, II not
superiority.
Pride Of color, this school con,
tends, and as was pointed out by
Marcus Garvey and earlier proph.
cts, IL RS important to the Negro In
his development as pride Of color
is Ia the white man. To allow the
propaganda to be spread that there
Is inferiority In being black or any
of the various hues which identify
US, In fatal To us as racial unit
This school points out that inter,
marriage Is as fatal TO the lon.
gevity Of the Negro as racial
stock In America, as well ms in
the world. IA IL Is To the white man
and would have US arm ourselves
against IL.
Goal Of IntegratiOnalist Mainly
Political
The lntegrationalists want no ra,
ciRl identity. Theirs is goa
which Is largely, II not wholly, po,
litiCal. They want to be identified
as citizens. The color designation
Is to them. vulgar manifestation
Of u knowledge Of our racial his.
tory In slavery and to eliminate
such designation. they advocate
intermRrriaRe, and social equality
necessarily they labor in the vine.
yard, busily hacking AWAY at tn,
trees which block out the sky. II
the South they chop the trees OF
ballot denial because Of color ant
In Texas and Georgia have wor
important battles before the United
States Supreme Court which out,
lawed the Texas White Primary
law and forced Georgia into line in
the admittRnce Of Negroes to the
polling booths.
They are busy hammsring away
at the poll tax which bars Negroes
from voting in most Of the southern
states. They have pressed for anti
lynching legislation. and lately, the
fight has been shifted to the enact
ment of n federal law outlawing
discrimination in employment be.
cause Of race, creed or color. The
idea Is To force those who by In.
clination or by training diScrimi,
nate against Negroes to drop these
practices and to accept us rs equals
in the matter OF earning a liveli.
hood upon penalty Of fines or i'm,
pr,sonment. The Senate filihuster
which successfully killed the
FEIt is an instance Of the state
Of mind that exists on the matter
of legislation Tor racial equality,
The proponents Of the theory OF
indignation seem not to have con.
sidered seriously that the white
man is being asked to pass laws
to force himself from doing the
things he wants to do-the things
he has trained himself to do to a
minority group. Where few. as
in the Senate, were willing To &c
along ION this thing" for various
reasons. some noble, some purely
political. the Bilho, Eastland. Con.
nally and Ellendcr crowd provided
the extra weight 70 control the
status Quo--which they obligingly
did, thus preventing the unprecc,
dentcd to come to pass.
Somewhere, happy medium
must be reached on the question
Of lntegrRtionalism vs.. National.
ism AS the proper manner to solve
our dilemma. There must be merit
in each, because the majority OF
our school and college trained per,
sons are sQuarcly in the inteGra,
ton camp, while the great massc.
If us cling consciously or uhcon,
sciously to nationalistic viewpoints
This is seen in the fact that the
greatest fear Of an integrationalist
is that some mountehank Negro, OF
for that matter. a sincere prophet