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SNe open reo . @ ‘a to the colored peoples and democracy does not even lie 80 ee Pee ee far off as Africa or India. It is just outside our doors, it is. 2 ~ —— — - aoe inside _-our.chomes: .~ The: deepest ..loyalties today are not ~ But even if Americans réalize“our” danger, our responsibility,..__: our peculiar position, can we produce the necessary leadership , for democracy? What is this division between our belief in democracy for all and our practice of democracy only for : some? It is not hypocrisy. We Americans are not hypo- x critical except in small, amusing ways. Talk to any dirt . os _ . American and he honestly. believes in equality and justice FG and in giving everybody democratic rights. But mention to him the colored man and you will not believe .your.own. : - ears. ‘This cannot be the same man talking, you will say. — ~*~--No, the colored man- cannot have .the -same treatment_as_the ; white man, it seems. “Why?” you inquire. “The white ~~ 0 0 American scratches his head. “Well, it just don’t work that © : way,” he says, and thereby gives huge comfort to our present enemies the Japanese. 2 erates Split Personality What is the matter with this American? It is clear enough. He suffers from what is called in psychology a ; split personality. He is two distinct Americans. One of . ~ him is a benevolent, liberty-loving, just man. The other one : . of him is a creature who may or may not be benevolent but re who is certainly undemocratic in his race attitudes, and who, o — . on this subject, throws justice and human equality to the is 3 winds as completely as any Fascist. . Who can reconcile these two personalities into an inte- zo ~* ve te ni oe nn