Oscar Handlin, professor of History, rebutted in this month's Atlantic Monthly an article by Herbert R. Sass describing the South's position on racial segregation.
Handlin's article centered around the fact that the "growth of equality between races does not increase the rate of intermarriage." He added, "Marriages are usually formed among individuals of common cultural, social and religious backgrounds-even where race does not intrude," commented Handlin.
"Amalgamation may or may not be desired," he concluded, but "the creation of a school system that segregates none of our children against their will and offers all of them equal treatment can only help us all."
Sass's argument for segregation maintained that racial "separation" is an American heritage and an evolutionary law. He felt, however, that if untutored children were placed in close contact with another race, this law might be ignored.
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