Letters, Sep. 19, 1955

A Case of Black & White

Sir:

In your Aug. 29 "South Africa's Tragedy in Colors," the callous and inclement attitude with regard to the sifting of human beings exhibited in the investigator's statement—"We may make a few mistakes and classify a few real Coloreds as natives, but that's a risk we must take if we are to sort out these people" —reminds me forcibly of another "sorting out to take place, which though not characterized by callousness will be nonetheless inexorable. It is the Last Judgment portrayed in Matthew 25: 31-46 as the...

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