aggressiveness for the sheer exhiliration of their own dem-
onstration of personal power.
Undoubtedly, the initial frustrations were justi-
fied. Undoubtedly, the conditions which caused them
should be rectified and will, to a great extent, be alleviated
in time. However, the violence and hostility of such mass
aggression and especially the uncompromising demands
accompanied by threats that all these demands must be
met in full "now," has caused extreme frustrations among
those millions against whom the aggression is directed.
These frustrations have created a counter-aggressiveness
which will retard fully-accepted solutions to these problems
for years, leaving scars of overt and suppressed hatred
and ill-will like those of the Civil War. Token and surface
solutions may be forced for political advantages and men
of good will, working with patience and moderation, will
some day alleviate the hostility of the aggression and thus
dissipate the defiant counter-aggression which it engen-
dered.
It is extremely important to note that all Ne-
groes in the United States were not frustrated, or to the
extent to which they were frustrated, they directed their
aggression into channels of personal achievement. In either
case, their lack of hostile aggression has made possible
their acceptance, popularity, acclaim and accomplishments
which have far exceeded those of many white people. For
example, there are Negro entertainers, athletes, educators,
business men, government leaders and many other Negroes
of whom this country is very proud and whom it accepts
and admires with a feeling that is entirely non-racial.