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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 15. July 13, 1938

"Doubtful Blessings."

"Doubtful Blessings."

"Are the negroes very religious?"

"Are they what?" said Mr. Thompson scratching his head very [unclear: violently.] "Too religious, too many churches: that's what's holding them hack. Religion is a curse—still. It's the white man's way to come and preach a big [unclear: scare] then grab you or your [unclear: land] while you're praying. And the [unclear: Ku Klux Klan?] Seems to me anyone they are against has the law used against him or her-over trivial matters, too. A friend of mine, coloured, had a son aged six who had a real boy's scrap with the next door neighbour's kiddie. Next night my friend was ordered to leave the neighbourhood immediately or suffer the consequences. Of [unclear: course] he stayed, with the result his [unclear: hopes] was wrecked and he was [unclear: tarred] and feathered. It appears that the next door neighbour, a member of the [unclear: Kian] wanted to get even over the hiding his son had received!"

"How do the negroes in Haiti and the Philippines fare?" asked "Salient."

"Don't ask me on that it's a sore point with me." said Mr. Thompson, his wrath rising visibly. "All [unclear: I will] say is that the place is not Americanized and never [gap — reason: illegible] the [unclear: Yanks are just there after honey to work] The negroes out and keep them slaves. They are [unclear: hardly] looked after, and the [unclear: American are the wrong people to improve condition from purely philanthropic interest if there's money to squeezed out come where and you] can pretty safely but all Americans out supervision under Doctrines or other [unclear: promptings] are all for her own interests never for the uplifting and guiding of the natives as is suggested."

—V.E.