St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-02-06
Letter to Charley Cherokee on
"Sociul Equulity"

Charley Cherokee: favoe
In breezy excel of heavy and
But confdeny chum, little dizzy about restric
tive and SOCIAL EQUALITY.
Now this pattern of racial have often
ed quilt And confused the
But honest Charley reluctance harp SOCIAL EQUALITY
from
mined keep the Negro And Charley what
mean by SOCIAL EQUALITY.
Charley, you when chapter white" sorority
initiated Negro girl? Silly of do. Many
Negro papers played the item of and alone
had value. But ITSELF didn't hng! The
facts simple The members of chapter sorority had initiated
Negro girl Now Charley and know that sOroes and ater
that socially
pulled bner when they attempted to show that the OF
undemOcraic better
Charley night they accept
Negro GIRL they might also have rejected white girl solely because
her family did not enough The absence of racial bg
not indicative Of the presence of democracy
Now Charley suppose these restrictive outawed
by the Supreme Court and bought house residential section
previously covered by restrictive So have left
Smith, plenty Negro neghbor
right equally burned
night the occupied the
my neighbour
angy continues his standing
up
Now the next night get on the car and every seat occupied
neighbour John Smith, beside
him. He asks he does sit beside Negro
But tell him, he doesn't sit beside Negro HE will have
to get
Here Charley you examples people
Negroes Charley both
democratic society people have right to indulge in bgoty long
this indulgence does infringe the rights of another human
would other Charley
the above instance John Jones paid the penalty standing
order indulge his prejudice against close contact with Negro
The his the
other John Smith also wished enjoy his prejudice against
bodily contact with Negro but unlike John JONES' he wanted ME-
the penalty And Charley that where and and all
Negroes should start fighting.
Charley, you
enforcement the Constitutions Bill Rights Well Charley
would like to see President Rooseves Bill of Economic Rights
become law and the Presidents Commission Civil Rights
ton Of SOCIAL EQUALITY CHARLIE can onIv lead to serious strate
he of
justice both Maine and Mississippi for the day that he the
education that those afford Good housing good jobs
good education equal protection before the awwe Charley let's
settle for those the Negro youths of today and tomorrow those
satisfied another about SOCIAL
EQUALITY disciples govern
officials looking under their BEDS Let first things be first
EDITOR
whose column National Grapevine appears weekly the CHICAGO DE
UMT-JIM CROw-RUSsIA PRO AND CON
that the American Youth Democracy having
meeting protesting Universal Military Training We're against UNIT
perpeuates the unound jim but still think
the United States ought be well prepared and armed ware
world.
We haven't heard of these like the AYD Directing
the Russian method of compulsory military training Russia needs
trained soldiers so do
To wrong of
the neck those who Communist under every bed
A vOteless people a helpless people
Too many those that education alone will solve
the problem America either hypocres whful thinkers
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Mrs W. Brown for her election the board of directors
! Family and Child Welfare Service.
Shepard directors of
the Young Womens Christian Association Of Minneapolis
Associated Negro paying check for the lunch
con for Mill City Negro January graduates
Neil Messck for his election presidency
Corporation.