The Commission brushes aside most of the schemes for dealing
with the problem as being impracticable. Under this heading are :— " (i) The deportation of 12,000,000 negroes to Africa, (2) the establishment of a separate negro State in the United States, (3) complete separation and segregation from the whites and establishment of a peasant class or caste system, and (4) hope for a solution through the dying out of the negro race."
The Commission does well to point out that "the negroes alone Of all our immigrants came to America against their will," that " the institution of slavery was produced, expanded and maintained by the white people for their own benefit," and that the " negro problem is, therefore, not of the negro's making." To the negro press a word of warning is uttered by the Commission, and it is advised to exercise greater accuracy in reporting incidents involving whites and negroes and " the abandonment of sensational articles on racial questions." All who are interested in the subject should study the report in full.
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