Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 14]

Saturday,

Februhty 20, 1954

THE BRONZE REPORTER

Page Seven

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Frankly Speaking

~By Arthur J. Edmunds
Exectutive Secretary
Urban League of Flint

It cannot

that Negroes néed to be re binieel
trained to accept new opportunities in -employment, honsing,
training and public services. This
statement may appear 1a be a
little awkward to some readers
of this column because it might
suggest that I am advocating the
earning. of something. that~ is
guaranteed as a right. Yet as we
think about it, this
ists mostly in theory. In actual
practice a lot is still left to be desired.:
We so often demand the right
to work in certain jobs, live in
decent housing, the right to certain training opportunities, and
the right to render public services. in integrated set-ups at all
levels. And we have every right
to make these demands. At the
same time, however, we must
have people. ~~qualified~ to move
into these situations. who can belie, threugh their actions, the
many stereotypes that hinder our
path to full equaity. Let me cite
just two examples. to show what
I mean.:

The Urban League had been
trying for some time to secure
equal work opportunities for our
Negro youth'in one particular
local firm, We wanted nice jobs
and not just the usual ~after
pin setting
jobs that lasted far into the night.
Well, we finally managed to secure one of these better jobs for
one Negro youth. And _ before
sending him to make formal application, he was specifically instructed on the responsibilities of
his job. Also, we made every
effort to help him to understand
his very important responsibility
to other Negroes who would like
to work in similar jobs in the
future. In addition to these instructions, the manager of the
store also talked to: him about his
job responsibilities and also what

this opportunity meant to him,
the many Negroes he ~~represent|ed~,. and the business. I recall

that he specifieally told the boy
this: ~If you cannot report to
work on time, please let me
know!~ To~maké a long story
short, the boy.worked satisfactorily on his first weekend (he
was hired only for Fridays and
Saturdays) and was on the verge
of getting a promotion. Most important of all, the manager was
so pleased that. he was_ getting

But these plans never did materialize because this ~pioneer~
DID NOT réport for work ~on the
following weekend nor did he call
to inform the manager~ ~

~~A small matter,~ you may say
but when you examine it closely.
it is huge. You see this boy. ~represented~ all of us and he failed.
miserably. | Yet his action gave
support: to.) attitudes commonly
expressed about us. One of them
is ~~Negroes} are not. responsible.~

I cannot help but wonder if
this high school boy, well known
in sports, ever thinks of what it
means if aj player on his team

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fails to earry out his assignment
on a-certiain play. If|he did stop
to think ~about it he surely would
have understood how, his failure
to carry, out his ACCEPTED responsibility upset the work of a

| team of people who are fighting

to break down discrimination in
employment and other aspects of
our living.

This boys comes fxbm a highly
respected family and) he has always given the impression of being intelligent and of excellent
character. -And in view of such
excellent backgrotnd,|we are perplexed as to his reasons for fail
ing us, particularly after he had].

been counselled for move than an
hour and stated: that | he understood his simple vesponsibi lities.

It is easy for jus tio say that
such cases among whites go Unnoticed. And most of the times
they do. But its a cinch that one
such case See | is too
often. interpreted to represent
the conduct of ALL Negrvés. Fortunately, the manager involved
recognized it as ian| individual

case. He did not use| it to indict

our entire. race. And I am very
happy to report that|he plans to
hire another Negro boy.

Another case 1 would like to
cite is the one of skilled jobs. in
our auto plants, Everyone knows
ycu must have certain training: to
get these jobs. During the past
six months many) training opportunities have opened | up~ in our
local plants. The unions, particularly Local 599, have |made deterNegroes to
apply for these jobs.) You would
think we would jump at the opportunity but that is not the case.
We like to talk about ~what we
arc denied~ but too often we turn
our backs on opportunities. and
their attendant responsibilities.

I know we do not |like to hear
these things.. I certainly do not
like to write about them. But, I
sec it as a problem. |Things that
the majority: group) get come
~naturally.~ Similar| things for
Negroes~ come ~hard~ and too
often have to be earned. I do not
like having -to/|earn something
thet 1 think is mine!. by ~ birthright. But, if it is la matter of
earning it or being denied it altogether, I would do|my best: for
me and my fellow brown-skinned
brother.

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the conductor ponents it without;
hesitation.

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