Show 1 Students Must Practice Race Says Professor By HELEN CHAMBERLAIN is for us to decide whether it is the spirit or idea of the Nazi racists or the spirit of of freedom and brotherhood which is to become both national and Professor Elmer R. Smith of the sociology and anthropology department made this statement Wednesday concerning racial problems during and after the a subject on which he has expended considerable Racial discrimination and prejudices against various minority groups in the United States have aided in giving our racial minority groups reasons to believe that their interests and those of the nation may not be he Professor Smith pointed out that students on this campus should be especially interested in the impending racial problem because this problem of racial minorities is for the first time becoming important in War industries and a natural influx from other sections are bringing people of all creeds and nationalities he problems of minority tend to increase during war time as members of the group find themselves on more of an equal footing with the dominant group in the armed service and war Social ostracism and often poor educational opportunities render their situation more he long as we do not allow Chinese soldiers to get off their boats in New York harbor how are we going to make the Chinese people believe us when we promise to apply our four freedoms in their country after the Professor Smith continued We as a nation of dominant whites have never been tolerant of racial minority groups and this cultural heritage will not easily be according to Professor This is purely a social problem and must be solved before we can ever hope to have lasting peace he War Aims of the Atlantic preserving and extending democratic liberties for all peoples of every and more specific recognition of the enemy outside America and requirement of cooperation of minority groups for efficient prosecution of the war effort arc some possible factors which might decrease the important majority-minority he |