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dangerous today—not to recognize the truth, for in ‘it lies the tinder for tomorrow. Who of us can doubt it who has seen a white policeman beat a Chinese coolie in Shanghai, a white sailor kick a Japanese in Kobe, an English captain lash out with his whip at an Indian vender—who of us, having seen such oriental sights or heard the common contemptuous the dark eyes? Who of us can be so stupid as not to sec, the | @ timited to the mean, how easily it might be cured! But among us even some who are able, even some who are good, are sometimes so blind. The effect therefore of this Japanese propaganda cannot be lightly dismissed. It lies uneasy in the minds and memories of many at this moment who are loyally allied with Britain and the United States, in the minds and memories of colored peoples of Asia. Yes, and it lies uneasy, too, in the minds and memories of many colored citizens of the United States who cannot deny the charge and must remain loyal in spite of it. For such minds realize that, though Nazism may give them nothing but death, yet the United States and Britain have given them too little for “life in the past and not even promises for the future: ~Our = ~~ colored allies proceed to war against the Axis not deceived or in ignorance. They know that it may not be the end of 4 | ele ee ce ce nent i ee re SE OE np rman —— Soitehtaaen’ a ene talk of the white man in_any colored country, can_forget e fearful bitter hatred in the colored face an e blaze in ~ - future written there?- The -most: dangerous hunian stupidity: as been that of the white race_in the baseless prejudice through which even the meanest of white creatures ‘has felt’ @ could despise a king if his skin were dark. Yet, if this — justice to his fellow man. It is worse than folly—it ‘is ----~ : oe = » ae ne nee eo ee re ere