Book reviews of White America by Ernest S. Cox (1)

1301. [left side] "It is one of the most brilliant works ever written on the race problem. It is engrossingly interesting while learned. The argument is presented in a clear-cut and convincing fashion; the logic is admirable. It is far less technical than most books dealing with race history, and for this reason will be better appreciated by Mr. Average Reader, a person who has been treated none too well by high-brow historians. It is a most graphic account of the history of early man. It is a thrilling tale of the migration of nations and the rise and fall of great civilizations, and, running through it, is the tragic theme that civilization comes solely from white blood and that it always perishes when black blood comes in, or stagnates when yellow blood mingles with Caucasian strains. It is safe to say that 'WHITE AMERICA' will be a classic on the race question quoted for generations to come." H.J. Eckenrode (Historian) in the Times Dispatch, Richmond, Va. [centered score] "The value of Mr. Cox's book lies in the fact that it represents the mature judgment and prolonged experience of a man who has studied the question at first-hand all over the world , wherever the white and black races are in contact. He has dealt with the problem in a singularly moderate and dispassionate manner, and his book is entitled to very careful consideration by all those who have the welfare of their country at heart. The problem is before us, and sooner or later we shall have to face it. One race must drive out the other or be absorbed. * * * The time has come when we must look the facts in the face and discard our sentimental point of view in favor of drastic measures; and, unless some remedy is found, the nation is doomed to mongrelism." Madison Grant (Ethnologist) in the New Leader, Richmond, Va. "I have read 'WHITE AMERICA' with unflagging interest. It is the ablest book on the negro problem." R. W. Shufeldt (Naturalist) "I have read 'WHITE AMERICA' carefully and I congratulate you on a fine piece of work. * * * With renewed congratulations on your book and your efforts for our country and our race." Lothrop Stoddard (Ethnologist) "Your book 'WHITE AMERICA' is a staggering one and it will probably take years for me to know where I stand regarding it. Your description of the results in different parts of the world of the mixing of whites with colored races is new and profoundly impressive. Your book is one that race experts must set their teeth into and digest. On the subject of race I am a learner and not an authority, so I emit no opinion as to your remedy. But certainly the book is one that we shall have to take account of." Edward A. Ross, Professor of Sociology, the University of Wisonsin. [right side] "It is a stirring volume.* * * America is still worth saving for the white race, and it can be done." Eugenical News "I have read 'WHITE AMERICA' with great interest and approval. The subject is, I think, the most important and most difficult before the people of America. The drag of the negro on our civilization is blinked by the large class of the falsely sentimental and is consciously ignored by many who see in him one who has by his cheap and willing service helps to relieve the daily burden of living. As to the greatest danger, probably amalgamation, there is a conspiracy of silence. * * * Such a book as yours should help powerfully in bringing the facts before our people, not only because of its boldness and clearness, but because of the special knowledge at your disposal in treating your subject. I am in hearty sympathy with your position, and I hope that you will continue your efforts in bringing home the truth to the minds of white people. It is a tremendous job, but by no means a hopeless one." I.F. Lewis, Professor of Biology, University of Virginia. "I am convinced that a policy of voluntary segregation of the colored people of the United States is the only sound one. Whether the America nation should provide a territory for them within its own borders, or should seek to secure a suitable territory in Africa or elsewhere, is a question of which I have no decided opinion. But if the latter can be shown to be practicable, it would no doubt be preferable. In any case the American nation owes a great act of justice and reparation to its African population, and that debt can, in my opinion, only be discharged by the expenditures of large sums of money and philanthropic effort in the endeavor to carry through a wisely planned policy of segregation." Wm. McDougall, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University. "In this book Major Cox has given to us the most important contribution ever made to the study of the negro problem. It is a gripping readable book; the result of years of preparation, or research, and of travel. Throughout its pages there are passages of splendid eloquence. In no other way can this great problem be solved if the white man is to remain white. Thoughtful people will recognize this. I commend 'WHITE AMERICA' to all Virginians. If Virginia leads in making America a white nation such service will be infinitely greater than any the state has performed throughout its glorious history." John Powell, Pianist, Sociologist. (Mr. Powell is chiefly responsible for the new Virginia Race Integrity Law, "the most perfect expression of the white ideal.") [end]