(All letters should be addressed to the Editor and submitted by Wednesday noon. Limit letters to 150 words.)

Dear Editor:

The attitude of inferiority, seemingly a characteristic, natural to our race, is a weakness found among other races also. It is a terrible handicap. All human beings are weak in this respect, to a certain extent, but it appears that the negro race suffers more than any other race of people. Of course we must take into consideration the fact that opposition and prejudice has been practiced so long, that taking second or even third place seems natural.

It makes me feel indignant when I think of how certain races feel that we are supposed to feel inferior. As your editorial on "God, Let Us Be Proud" inferred, it is up to each of us to make this fact false. I don't want anyone to feel that I am lower than he is, but if some of us create or further that impression, all of us must suffer inferiority for it.

I believe that God created all of us equal in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and whether a man is black or white he should stand up for his rights, for equal chances. I feel that instead of grinning and bowing and bending to some people, we should possess a certain amount of dignity at all times in the presence of all people, no matter what color, race, or creed. In this way, one may demand respect.

I believe that there is another way to demand respect, and that is to show some pride in racial undertakings, to support them and to boost them, and help them to be valuable. If every one stood back and waited for a movement to prove a success before supporting it, it would never make any headway and I believe that The Reflector, although young, can grow into an organ that may help us somewhat along the road to progress and recognition.