Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-04-06
this
day and age
The Tie That Binds
6y Clyde o. Jackson, City Editor

Recently in Of the local daily papers white woman
who signed her Southern White Christian wrote
letter the editor denoncng the decision of the white Bap
fist college in Louisiana admit qualified Negroes
segregated basis She stated that the attitude that Negroes be
admitted the school with whites and equal basis with
whites "Communistic" whatever that isl and that first
Negro preachers will be studying with our white preachers
and later Negro teachers will be studying with white teach
ers and pointed that this would do much harm to the way
of life in the south had the usual to answer this letter
but reluctant in doing for number of First
I felt that her should and might well
which would evidently hold weight with the read
concerned felt secondly that if this was
grown-up living in this present day and time when
Christianity than before be free from hypocrisy
and when her life dependent upon how united America
will be from this day forward she dumb and preudced
enough overlook all Of this merely for the selshness OF
keeping the Negro in his place nree unsafe and vulne
abe) there nothing could say that would change hef
attitude
waited to see reader would "call her down
her nefaous attitude And finally after had come TO he
conclusion that there would be no answer appeared i
from REAL southern Christian white woman VINO stated
that she wished the day would hasten when the things the
former writer depored would become a reality.
Naturally the only thing wrong with the woman VINO
the former letter she is afraid that Negro ministers
and teachers begin studying with white ministers and teachers
white people will begin find out that the color of mans SKIN
does not determine his character or his ability they VIII also
begin learn that the BLACK does not rub off, when Negro
shakes hand with And naturally white ministers and
teachers find that Negroes no different from othe peoples
when given the equal opportunity that white people have
they do equally well better than white people
they will begin preaching from their pulpit that America
another critical look herself her racial
policy and that regardless of his color or race ana
the teachers will begin teaching little white children the truth
the vicious lies which many times their lives and
souls with hatred they without sound reason
ing
twas going toward town the other afternoon and little
boy told his mother There goes colored man. Well
you what they call pesmist but that statement to
sign of little progress can remember the time
they said There goes niger {and never got to be
man you lived 04 So maybe the socaled Southern
Christian who penned the fascist like letter against de-
cency play justice and equality has grounds for her evil
worry Maybe with little of the right kind of teach
ing they will learn say There goes man or LADY,!
So you Southern White Christian (who righuy should
termed "A Southern White Bgot need to search in
nernos from behind that iron curtain of hatred
ignorance intolerance and really learn the truth about Ne
groes that environment, discrimination and exploitation
group breed crime ignorance and murder not the color of
group Learn who is truly responsible for the plight of Amer
ca world today Learn what you and others like you
doing yourselves your children and millions of innocent
persons.
crime to be ignorant the crime is to remain So
is maxim of of my early instructors and would
add to that those wise words of Drlm1nond,
"He that will not reason is bigot;
He that cannot reason is fool
lie that dares not reason is slave"
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