St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-02-05
Are We Too Optimistic?

Are We Too Optimistic?
voice which identified frequent
paper young Minneapolis world
travelled phoned morning
opening optimistic
white
or country particularly
We told him that contrary his view felt this
about the
young graduating
whites who formerly sided with the of the Negro
turning the
Supreme Court He said many of these people now consider that the
Negro rights asking
Our reader felt that in the American Negro had
taken into consideration that the changes he sought even right and
desirable granted by and judicial fiat would reaction
among majority group Negro
realo potential
pointed change
Many
becoming Of the Negro the north and the difference
and reacting
the segegaonsts of the south his belief Northern Negroes
demanding nendy
university opinion expressed
all white where the Negro absorbing
versaton these days
could perceive
the Negro was blind to the changing views of whites especially those
equality OPP
pOrtunity and a non-segregated existence
reply young newspaper
optimistic pessimisc looking
OF It's publication must report that IN general the position OF the
Negro population these Cities
of human existence, what 25 years
This improvement employment,
religious
ntergrOup
The average Negro family participates fully in the of
public
despite
the continued attempt to keep him in the ghetto.
Today the Minnesota Negro times the
number white
of this has become because the growing job parity factories
a offices
In short if this to be optimistic attitude
the reflection of the which which
had its part.
newspaper
is
of some crisis or conflict that has developed either locally or nation
which
mistreat some Negro because of color.
newspaper of
white Negro aspirations
has of the friends
right here Minnesota There towards
square block in Twin City street than the entire state of Miss
ssippL
At the time there body of whites this
who small exposure Negro
have no firm attitude the problem, either way.
Then there is that slightly who acehaters
and baiters If they
something else Many of this crowd insecure and half class
ready willing
any convenient racial religious scapegoat.
All three a
planned propaganda campaign backed in instances by
preparations legislatures groups
who feel that the Negro must not have his constitutional rights
uure.
before the U Supreme Court decision
largely friendly Indifferent to the Negro Cen
orally poe would
favor for the southern Negro the
protection
law and equality freely
is on the statutes of most northern states
The white segregate
Negro children schools
physical plants by
has past years trying
position among the people of the North
The has been many willing
admit much because the Negro able
of the well he could partly
the underdog
the white south definitely
that few thinking people in the world
racial upon
words Of the American Constitution has that
solid moral grounds.
AS this tried
of the best minds the
to build for the
of the north That has
media of the north the radio
and Of what going the world realize
international liability ntransgeance
problem is the nation a
This media has begun to piesy the oppres-
wherever itself the
broadcasts addition awakening
the Of prejudice continuing
problem the papers
with the problem Of white and Negro