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THE YOUNG BLACKS WANT INTEGRATION JOHN J. SYNO The civitrights movement is undergoing a radical metamor phosis. Have you noticed the changed emphasis of the more militant Negroes? They have become seg regationists. I refer to the likes of Stokley Carmichael, he and his crowd. Strip Stokley of his bombast, hiseppeal to lawless ness and violence — “We’re go ing to shoot the cops” — and what you have left is pure-D seg regation. - _ _ ‘ t.. Stokley advocates the estab lishment of Negro communities, “the,brotherhood”, is theway.be puts; it- And he is not alone in his preachmePts- Ihcarat <%,*U levels of Negro activity, I heard it in Pittsburgh, three weeks ago, talked out by sincere and sincerely-militant young Ne groes, the only leaders rank-and file black people listen to. What the New Blacks want is a black life; they are sick of pa tronizing, non-integrating inte grationists, and of manacle inte gration, too. It is just that sim ple. Surprisingly, they save their more savory epithets, not for George Wallace, whom the yre spect as they would a maverick grizzly bear, but for the likes of “Unde” Roy Wilkins and his NAAGP. The Pittsburgh session I au dited was of great interest, a TV round-table affair, two hours long. And how they told off the honkys — the white people. There were five or six of them, all Negroes except the moderat or who was a not-too-tidy white woman. One chap was particularly noteworthy, smart as a whip. He is head of the Pittsburgh chap ter of the Urban League, be said, and once was employed by Wells-Fargo bank. That, as I well remember, is a San Francisco es tablishment. Now he is back home in Pittsburgh, “a Southern dty”, as he wryly put it, “that floated up the Mississippi and got stuck”. I didn’t catch his name but I did get his message. He said he gave up the white collar, integrated life to return to “the brothers and sisters”. He said among the brothers he “feels free”. Believe me, those Negroes laid it into the honkys and recounted over*, and over, and over again, all the “wrongs” hooky had worked upon them. A person ex ■ pects that sort of thing, of course. Somebody else simply must be blamed to justify the Negro’s claim to better-than equal treatment. Well, so be it. In any event, I hope the New Blacks get what they deserve. I hope they get for themselves— as I hope for myself — a social ly-segregated life; a segregated economy, their own banks and department stores; their own professional and trades people; their own neighborhoods — the likes of that And where the game paths cross — busses, pub lic accomodations and the like — let them, if they must, be in tegrated. That is the way out, of course. It always has been: Equal but separate. It is the only way out Negroes simply cannot compete with white people. My news papers tell me the individual Negro, relatively, is worse off, today, than before the ruckus started. That is, the disparity be tween the two races, in 1967, is greater than it was in 1952. What these smart young Ne groes have learned is the truth: Integration won’t work. Integra tion means taut begging, debase ment, it means carrying a dispro portionate load. Segregation, on the other hand, means political unity and therefore significance, power, leadership, pride of ac complishment and of race. It means equality. It means hope. The Liberals have lied to, a bused and misled the Negro. They have had him on a greasy garden path for nearly 15 years and, at last, the Negro is awaken ing. He wants shut of integra tion. And that leaves the Roy Wilkinses and the M. L. Kings standing stupid. Or so it seems to me. One suspects King, at least, can read what the moving finger writes. Integration, as a protest movement, is dying. So, the Rev. is off on anew left-wing kick, Vietnam. ^A person doesn’t know what Wilkins Will do about the new turn, not when one con siders where the bulk of his money comes from. Wilkins will just sputter and paw his head, one supposes. In any event, clear Stokley’s talk of riots, clear it of venom and hate, and what you have left is segregation. And I am for that. ~ jf§|| DINE with your family °erve Regular Dinners Orders — Sandwiches still 17 months aw WHAT IS THE ANSWER? By Henry E. Garrett, Ph. D. Professor Emeritus, Psychology, Columbia University, Past Pres ident, American Psychological Association. Q: Dr. Garrett, you hear fre quently the phrase, "all men are born equal", stated positively as though this ends the argument about racial differences. Is this true? A: No, it is not true and it takes only the most superficial observation to convince one that the opposite is true. Men are tall and short, fat and thin, good and bad, smart and stupid. 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