It is most astonishing that this should be tried just when the nation is exerting itself to shake off the evils of Communist penetration. We are expected to hasten pell-mell after her. It is a cunning opening of the barnyard gate with the white mare ambling past. ![]() This ruling being conceived and brought forth in a sly political medium with eyes on ’56, and brought forth in the same spirit and for the same purpose, it is clear that they have taken the old notion to heart and acted upon it. Lead a white mare along a country road and slyly open the gate and the mules in the lot would run out and follow this mare. Dishonest mule-traders made money out of this knowledge in the old days. Those familiar with the habits of mules are aware that any mule, if not restrained, will automatically follow a white mare. Since the days of the never-to-be-sufficiently-deplored Reconstruction, there has been current the belief that there is no greater delight to Negroes than physical association with whites. Supreme Court as insulting rather than honoring my race. But if there are adequate Negro schools and prepared instructors and instructions, then there is nothing different except the presence of white people.įor this reason, I regard the ruling of the U.S. If there are not adequate Negro schools in Florida, and there is some residual, some inherent and unchangeable quality in white schools, impossible to duplicate anywhere else, then I am the first to insist that Negro children of Florida be allowed to share this boon. However an analytical glance will show that that is not the case. Now a great clamor will arise in certain quarters that I seek to deny the Negro children of the South their rights, and therefore I am one of those "handkerchief-head niggers" who bow low before the white man and sell out my own people out of cowardice. His well known pride and self-respect would save him from that. Certainly he fought, and valiantly for his lands, and rightfully so, but it is inconceivable of an Indian to seek forcible association with anyone. How much satisfaction can I get from a court order for somebody to associate with me who does not wish me near them? The American Indian has never been spoken of as a minority and chiefly because there is no whine in the Indian. The whole matter revolves around the self-respect of my people. But since a lot of time has passed and no one seems to touch on what to me appears to be the most important point in the hassle, I break my silence just this once. Supreme Court decision on ending segregation in the public schools of the South. ![]() I promised God and some other responsible characters, including a bench of bishops, that I was not going to part my lips concerning the U.S. "Court Order Can't Make Races Mix." In Zora Neale Hurston: Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings, edited by Cheryl A.
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