Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
Like Other People Anywhere

From time to time since the coming of the United
States Supreme Court Decisions outlawing racial
regation by law in this county, and before that
time have discussed in this column the sociological
and psychological reactions of Negroes compared to
those of other people, having often in the of
such discussions expressed the opinion that like other
racial ethnc or national groups Negroes in America,
do people of like kind everywhere naturally seek their
kind sociological and psychological fact which leads to
the conclusions have oftentmes expressed that
without the segregation laws of the south Negroes
would be found more together than not in their
schools, churches clubs and other institutions.
The above conclusions of course contrary to
those expressed by the followers of the Gunnar Myral
School of socioogst and psychologist whose arguments
and new theories aimed primarily at the minds of
the American Negro and designed to create chaos and
confusion in Negro white relations in this country
One of the most powerful of public opinion in
the United States and whose editorial comment has
powerful impact on world opinion is the Christian
Science Monitor; and newspaper in the United
States has been more outspoken in behalf of Negro
rights than the Christian Science Monitor.
In an editorial last week under the caption. LIKE
OTHER PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, we find the Christ
ian Science Monitor expressing opinions often expressed
by the Jackson Advocate.
Says the Christian Science Monitor in it's EDITORIAL
Some Negro families in New York City sending
their children South to segregated schools While the
number is intrnsicaly SMALL and small in comparison
with those who bring their children into New York land
other Northern ctes) still the fact alone is enough to
confuse some people and to invite others to pin tooob
Vous explanation upon it.
One needs to know something of the schools these
children being taken Of For the most part thew
are overcrowded plagued with the congomeration of
cultures natIonaes races, and of the artificial
htegraton characteristic of the of the city where
most Negroes must live. All of this is intensified bv
New Yorks present flare-up of juvenile delinquencv
10 understand another motivation at work one needs
TO dlsabuse himself of the somewhat naive assumption
That Negroes only waiting for barriers to be re-
moved IN order that they rush in and go school
with white children.
, IL Is quite true that the Negroes are demanding
hat the unconsttutonay of public school segregation
De more than words of federal printed in tones of
decisions They want tangible evidence of their legal
right not to be barred by color from any public
benefit they seek with good reason.
mat firmly established Negroes will act like other
people anywhere. They are more comfortable among
nose VINO are like themselves they want to enter where
they are most welcome. widely respected scholar in
e Iela OF american race relations, Dr. Guy B. john
son of the University of North Carolina has estimated
tnaC II all oarrers were down, legal and educational
allowing nature to take its course the total shift to
lnlAeo SCHOOLS would hardly be than per cent.