Arizona sun., 1948-12-03
OBSERVATIONS
BY Mack c. Nance

(The views expressed in this COL
umn are those of the writer and
do not necessarily express the edi-
torial opinion of The Arizona Sun.
The Editor)
No Notable Achievements By
American Negroes.
Under past and present leader
ship and with the exceptions of
that outstanding and most distin-
guished scholar and Negro explor-
er, Mathew A. Henson, worthy and
notable achievements by American
Negroes are few, negligent and far,
far apart. If left to the emotional,
subordinate and non-prodigious
mind of the Negro; we would still
be squatting on the banks of James
river, in old Virginia; practicing
eerie and obscene necromancy,
screaming wild and uncanny lido
cy; shuffling a paganistic snake
dance; seeking snake roots and
other herbs of supposedly, conju-
rative propensities and at times;
quietly, munching wild huckleber-
ries, chinquapins, and black wal
nuts. The Appalachians mountains,
Mississippi, Rocky mountains and
the Pacific Ocean; would still be a
dream and an undiscovered wilder
ness, roamed over by the Mohawk,
Oneida, Onondago, Cayuga, Seneca
and other tribes of Indians of 1722.
No; with the exceptions of a
church building epidemic, a crude
lodge hall and an unbecoming
shack given over to vile and de-
hauching levity; the ever grinning
Negro, has at no time, taken root
as an 'anthropo' or full fledged
oman, in these United States. He
(American Negro) has gone up no
rivers, crossed no mountains; he
has not delved into the bowels of
the earth, he has felled no forest
and builded a city thereon, he has
built no railroads, highways, waV
ter, land or air transportation at
his own initiative. From the south
ern part of Canada to the Gulf of
Mexico and from the Atlantic to
the Pacific; the half-witted Negro,
regardless of education and ad-
vanced training, is, has been and
will ever be blind and an unscru-
pulous follower and never lead
er, under existing and past nom
cultural leadership.
Simulative Christianity
I bear no scruples against an al
truistic, elevating, real, factual and
Gods inspired spiritual advisement,
such as Jesus Christ taught while
he tarried here on earth. Never
theless, I condemn with all the
power within my weak body; So
called spiritual teachings. that
tends to stimulate, invite or en-
courage lazy stupidness, weird and
nonsensical emotionalism and a
retrogressive state of mind. To en-
ulate, factually, the Lord Jesus
Christ; leader must follow, ac-
curately, precisely, and in the foot
steps of that man of Nazareth,
called, JESUS CHRIST. For an in
stance, I have heard spiritual lead
ers say: "Do as I say and not as I
do" or words to this effect. Now if
Jesus should have said to His Dis
ciples, "you guys go on up the
road, I'm going over the hill and
will meet you at Gabe Shoalter's
store. The disciples would have
been within their rights in accus-
ing Jesus of having stashed away
bottle of wine, roasted sweet po-
tatoes or was to meet a harlot. In
stead of this; Jesus, placed Him
self in front of His disciples and
admonished them thus II Am the
Way, Follow Me-" If we follow
Jesus, we will do the things that
Jesus would do and refrain from
doing those things that Jesus
would not do. Just how many
white or Colored so-called spiritual
leaders, in dealing with mankind,
will, first, ask of themselves, what
would Jesus do, under similar cir
cumstanceS?
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