Arkansas State press., 1949-09-09
Robson IS Talking About
Race Discrimination
By SAMUEL ). TAYLOR. Associate Editor.

hy SAMUEL y TAYLOR. Associate Editor.
There is too much talk about Robesons Communism and
too little about where his talk leads Some time ago Holding
Carriers Pittsburgh Courier reported that Robson told
peace conference that nthnkaba that Negroes would par
dcpae in an aggressive against the Soviet Union" The
statement set off storm of denuneation against Robeson
which Negro leaders twhom eharacterzes as 95 per
cent corrupt betrayed their peopeD joined (agan in
Rooesons language) as stool pigeons Of the ipperasts
These samples of Rohesons vtroc phrasng explain the
storm they He knows how hit center with phrase and
he Is the uneompromng enemy of discrimination and
stool pigeon" race leadership
Robesons own statement could have been dismissed with
the statement that unthnkable the majority people
that the United States itself would participate in an aggressive
against The Soviet Union
But the real difficulty Robesons Communism but his
uncompromsng stand for full citizenship for Negro
cry Of Communist and traitor easily used to for the issue and
center attention something which the public is opposed
In order TO kill something which is thoroughly accord with the
American Ideal
No how his language sounds what Robeson is tell
ing the nation is that the Negro man unwilling to
fight to perpctuae his slavery The writer once heard
Negro mot CommuniSt) in a Little Rock court that
certain white people should be overseas fighting Germans in
stead OF expressing Negroes whole trend of the
ouRh OF nearly every Negro soldier the writer Gas
SOLDIER in the first world that he was going To Gcrma.
ny to fight something which to besurpressed in the
United States The writer has worked In more than thirty oc
equations and through all Of them the sentisen
le common Negro thinks that he largely the victims Of an
American Nazlsm and thinks that the system must he sup
pressed here He wants the privilege Of striking back when he
Is struck lie wants the privilege Of calling man liar who
VS MN hat lie wants TO live on decent He wants 10
rae IN decent accommodations lie decent places
lie wants to belong TO the militia lie wants TO belong 10 tho p
lice force lie wants TO be given as prominent part living in inc
nation a. ne given defending II.
You cant throttle this attitude of the Negro bv thro
ng The men who express g. The smoudcrng resentment Of the
Negro IN the street against daily nusces and against the
Hold forms Of discrimination and oppression which hold him
in his place is far dangerous thing than anything that
Robson say
This resentment will be essened BY statements from,
fohesons stool Pigeon Negro leadership This resentment viii
MOI diminished by demonstrations against Robson This resent.
e VIII not be css"ncd by attacks upon Negroes because Ne
E"s went n hear Robcsun They will go 10 hear him every
"hr-noi because of his socaed Communism but I'm spite of
w. Ihl VIII 60 to hear him because hs resentment Of racial I'M
justice The common resentment Of the common Nccr, Tho
po way Too silence Robson 90 start treating The Negro RIGHT
You cannot drnouncc saying he does no, want n e,
"hen you refuse to admit him to thc national guard and the
stale police end enter his homes without warrants