The Generation Gap-WHY? - Herbert W. Armstrong

November, 196R The PLAIN TR UTH
In This Issue:
I
HAVE A LETTER from a Negro who
is afraid of his own peopl e. H e is
a Master Sergeant in the U. S. Air
Force. He is frightened by the new
black militancy, fanned into emot ional
flame by a few reckless leaders. It poses
as hard a pro blem for right thinking
N egroes as for whites. "Ma ybe harder,"
says this Master Sergeant.
He presents a side of all this recently
in flamed chaos - a N egro sid e
- that I think mo st peopl e have no t
realized. And it' s time they did.
The bigg est im mediate probl em before
the whole world, righ t now, is the
du al explosion into violence of campus
revolt and racial strife. This is fa r more
than a problem - it is a SUPER
DANGER!
The biggest overa ll, longer-ran ge
problems, are the dual problems of the
hydrogen bom b and the population explosion
. Eith er of these threatens to
erase human lif e from the earth!
It is the mission of The PLAIN
TRUTH to giv e our read ers the
ANS\\?ERS- the SOLUTIONS!
But first, read th is Air Force Mas ter
Sergea nt's revealing letter. He writes:
"The PLAI N TRUTH was invaluab le to
me during my thr ee-year stay on Formosa
. It mad e the fast-m oving world
events crystal clear. I am especiall y
gratef ul for the truth abo ut the racial
conflict as I am a N egro and extremely
concerned about where to buy a horne
for my fami ly. My concern is : If I
sett le in an integrated community whe re
the schoo ls and environment arc what I
feel desirable, J may be subjected to
hostility from wh ites. If J sett le in a
Negro area, I can be assured of inferior
schooling for my children, danger in the
streets, and pressure from black militants,
as none of us hate whites (we
learned th is through The PLAIN
TRUTH)."
I hope hundreds of
both races have learned
PLAIN T RU TH not to
thou sands of
through Th e
hate ot hers
because of the color of their skin!
H is letter cont inues: " I am now
living on . . . Air Force Base where race
relati on s are good. I am preparing my
family as best I can for civilian lift ."
He explains he will soon be out of the
Air Force, returning to civilian life.
" But we are, in truth, afraid . Frank ly,
I am much more afraid of ot her
N eg roes than I am of whites."
Is that a shocking statement ? I th ink
it's time all our readers ~ regardless of
color - heard thi s side of' the problem .
Con tinuing. " Peculiar? N ot so when
yuu consider th at any N egro of 38 has
much expe rience in deal ing with bigots
and can easily recognize one. 1 learned
many years ago to simply avoid them,
thereby avoiding ugly incid ents . But,
this black militancy is just as new and
hard to dea l with for me as it is for
whites - maybe harder. To even speak
a kind word for whit es is anathema in
some qu arters. I am greatly concerned
with the blind hatred I'v e personally
seen in so many blacks since my return.
I am also concerned about the reasons
put forth for th is - white ind ifference
or racism; it's tru e. T here is no dou bt
in my mind that most wh ites consider
us inferior, even many sincere and well
meani ng people."
He concludes, " I need the truth and
the strength to do what is right. I need
'Th e PLAIN T RU T H ' : '
N ote carefully, again, a few of these
statements : He says, "this black rnilitancy
is just 4! nell' and hard to dea l
with for me as it is for wh ites - maybe
harder." And " I am greatly concerned
wit h the blind hatred I' ve
personally seen in so many blacks since
my return."
It is a comparatively NEW THING ­
this " blind hatred" so many Negroes
have come to have for whites. WHY?
\X'hat insti lled th is recently acquired
hatred ' I shall tell you.
On the ot her hand , he doesn 't hol d
[Continued on page 24)
What our Readers
Sa y
Inside Front Cover
Personal fr om the Editor
Wh o Really Selects Yo ur
Government Hea d? 2
The Generation Gap -
Why? 5
W ho Is Reall y for
" Law and Order"'?
The Astoundin g
Knowledge Gap!
Radio Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
TV Lag 17
College for What? . . . . . . . . .. 17
Scourge on Brita in
Wh y the Pope Cam e
to Colombia 28
The Story of Man . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sho rt Questions
From Our Readers
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Advance News Reports
Com e Alive Today! 48
OUR COVER
Richard Mi lhous Nixon, A.B., LL.B.,
born January 9. 1913. M r. N ixon
practiced law in W hinier 1937-1942.
was At tor ney with Off ice of Emergency
Managem ent, Washing ton ,
D .C. 1942. He served in the Navy
1942-1946, atta ining the rank of
Lieu tenant Commander. Member of
Congress. 1947-1951; Sena tor from
Ca lifornia, 1951-1953: Vice Pre sident
1953· 1% 1. Practiced law 1961-1968.
Now elected 37th President of the
Uni ted Sta tes, Mr. Nixon said the
grea t goa l of hi s administration
wou ld be tha t expressed by a sign
seen after a long day of whistle
stopping - " Bring us together." Th e
nation needs br inging toge ther.