The Role of the University in the Political Orientation of Negro Youth

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ID4049133
AuthorsRalph J Bunche (corresponding author)
Year1940
Volume9
Issue4
Pages571
Publication date1940-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Negro Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2984 • E-ISSN: 2167-6437
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2292802
OpenAlexW2313124092
LanguageEN
Citations received4

In discussing the role of the university in serving the needs of Negro youth, it appears to me that one glaring weakness of our universities protrudes like a sore thumb. I allude to the haphazard and uninspired efforts with regard to the political orientation of the students. It is notorious that the student which we run off of the production belts in our American universities is in general a disoriented, placid and smug product; uninspired, unequipped with any ordered dynamics, philosophical or moral; lacking in political creed and drive. I would wish to see us continue to cultivate scholars, but I would also like to see some crusaders-some crusaders for democracy-stride forth from our somber portals. Is it not clear that it is only through democracy that we can hope to continue to produce scholars? It is no secret to any one now that the democratic principle is sorely beset throughout this world, and is indeed threatened with total annihilation. If democracy as even an ideal is to be salvaged from the present world carnage, it will be only because the vast majority of citizens of all colors, classes and creeds in the remaining few democracies of the world are imbued with an unquenchable love for it, and are eager to make heroic sacrifices in its behalf. Democracy cannot be saved by people who

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