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Claudia Jones — Part 2
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"than ever today. It suffices but ‘to mention ‘the chauviniat ideology which ors
still penetrates the core and culture of our national life, rendering many - age
sections ef the People susceptible to infection from this Social diseases LS
ne That ‘Negro comrades accepted Browderts opportunist thesis makes _
the error all the more grave, because in effect we accepted the falee and ~~
bankrupt logic of reformism as a solution to the problems of the Negro
people, Not only that, we accepted a ‘leas than equal! status for the
Negro people for t generations to come! - something Ttapproximating equality.!
" Only by sharply dealing with this major question shall we be able
to overcome the serious errors of this period and fully explain to the _
Negro people and the white working class the source of our errors. This,. “es
ban pte ee ot
too, is the way to guarantee continued enlistment of the strength . and organic .
support of the Negro people to the common: goals gee no ao a
" I have one proposal, which I believe to be ‘practical and t necessary, : .
to recommend to the National Board of the C.P.A. That is: to set ot: a
Commission to examine our work in this field, with the aim of making a
basic appraisal and study of work in Negro communities, especially presente
ing 4 factual study and analysis of the status of the Negro people in the _
Black Belt, in industry, in consumer, industrial and agricultural spheres, .
and in the trade unions," ~
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