Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-04 | Page 28 | India's 'Submerged Tenth' Neither 'Black' for 'White'

Indias India's Submerged Tenth Neither Black Nor White By Universal Service DEHRA DOON DOOM India Aug 15 By Mall In In India the submerged tenth is 15 that tragic part of ot tho the population pop pop- which is neither black nor white but of ot varying shades of or yet yet- low from palo polo malzo maize to strong c cafe to au fait laiL Of all tho the worlds world's peoples these are neither fish fish flesh fowl nor good red herring They are disregarded by the Englishman and despised b by the native na na- tive There are many pretty girls among them who In another land might be considered ered of or Portuguese Portuguese Por Por- e or S Spanish descent Th They y show no trace of ot their Indian blood bloo except in their da dark eyes and hair and a n. certain something which the Saxon Anglo is so quick to sense sense sense- that something which produces a a. laugh and a shrug and ond a n joke Everyone knows how thc they talk their queer clipped cUpped accent half lipped Upped yet ct half halt singsong which Is 1 so 80 o ob objectionable objectionable objectionable ob- ob to English ears And tho the I way WilY they cling to their poor gUmmer glimmer glimmer glim gUm mer of ot a position is the moat most piteous I symbol of ot their submerged status No Noone Noone Noone I one in India but the and some few overbearing and uneducated d Englishmen over ever r calls Calls Calls' the Ule Indian A 4 b but t the sub submerged tenth despised by th the native shows it Its venom venom by using this abhorred word ord whenever whenever- and antS as all often otten as It can efforts were were ft Duri During the 1118 great re t war J made to organize a a. te regiment and on ono was actually started but it was not a a success simply pI because of ot tho the Insults th that t w re continually i hurled hurled hurled-at ot its members b by Tommy and alike Many Man of pt tho submerged d tenth have risen out of ot tho the sordid elements UI Which seemed to be their lot and have proved themselves to be splendid men and women Some of ot these are ale In government government govern govern- ment services in in banks anks as ns well a as in all branches of ot trade They know the native and his hilS language lan lan- guage better than tho the purebred Englishman Englishman Englishman Eng Eng- lishman can cnn ever do and thus can get th their lr labor food and clothing for half halt the mone money Englishmen have ha to pay I Some too have proved themselves white all through beneath the skin and have havo been admitted socially to the best beat clubs and even e to English homes But the others must ever stand out- out aide aldo tho ho gates looking wistfully in at gardens which seem so fair Just be because because be- be cause they the themselves can cnn never enter