Atlanta Daily World

The Tie That Binds

General Douglas MacArthur, speaking at a dinner in Australia, declared: "We will win or die." That is a fine slogan for all Americans, but a paragraph in Gen. MacArthur's speech that appealed to us particularly was his assertion: There is a link that binds our countries together which does not depend upon a written protocol, upon treaties of alliance or upon diplomatic service. It goes deeper than that. It is that indescribable consanguinity of race which causes us to have the same aspirations, the same hopes and desires, the same ideals and the same dreams of future destiny." It is the last sentence we call to the attention of Colored Americans everywhere. We are bound by an "indescribable consanguinity of race" which causes us to face the same problems of prejudice, discrimination, injustice and unfairness.

It matters not how high in wealth or intelligence or character a Colored American may rise. he still faces the same prejudices the lowest Negro faces. We are all in the same boat bound together by the ties of color and race. We can't get away from each other. So the commonsense alternative is.that we join hands with each other and march forward with a solid front together That means the simple act of patronizing each other in business. the professions and labor. That means giving each other a break and the benefit of the doubt. That means loving each other. It means every Negro knowing when he sees another Negro that they are brothers under the skin, and no matter how high one rises and how low the other sinks that they face the same problems, the same barriers and the same conditions simply because they are both Black, both Negroes.

There is no reason why 13,000,000 Colored Americans should be the butt of everything anti-American. A minority of 13,000,000 can get anything it wants if it has the simple ability to stand together and to work together.

Love is the panacea for all our ills. Love of Race, Love of Color. All the nasty, inhuman prejudices we meet arise from our "race, color and previous condition." By loving, trusting each other and standing together we can change conditions. It is very simple when we think of ittoo simple for brilliant minds perhaps.

Kentucky's motto should be our own, it is: "United we standdivided we fall "

There are dozens of minority groups in this country- Jews. Catholics, and others None of them is 13.000.000 strong. But each of them gets fairer treatment than we do.

"The fault is in ourselves--not in our stars."

-From The Falls City News (Louisville, Ky.)