white is the real problem or the argument that the "Jew" whom no one can recognize as a Jew and who is a practicing Catholic is the real problem of the Jewish people! The fact that homosexuality, in one degree or another, is common to all of mankind is wildly irrelevant. Of course it is, but manifestations of American-Negro culture are also common to nearly all Americans. Most of us dance to swing-time or jive; most of us use Negro expressions every day whether we are conscious of them or not. Millions of us (if we are descendants of grandor great-grandparents born in this country) have some Negro blood in our veins even though we have blond hair, blue eyes and freckles.

"Homosexuality, in one degree or another, is common to all." Undoubtedly true, Mr. Winters, but so what? Homosexuality will require attention long after legal and religious prejudice against it has been abolished if the homosexual culture develops a self-conscious effort to guide and direct itself in the interests of all of society. Before Hitler anti-Semitism had virtually disappeared in Germany,. Did this mean that Jewish culture had vanished there? True. the German-Jewish culture had undergone many transformations since the Eighteenth Century and was probably more German than Jewish, but it was still Jewish and did still exist. It was, moreover, still a factor in the whole, social life of Germany, for Jewish culture had enriched German culture out of all proportion to the number of Jews in Germany. And it is this enrichment that the homosexual minority seeks to contribute to American culture. Homosexuality, Mr. Winters, is about as irrelevant as Christianity.

David L. Freeman Corresponding Secretary

The Mattachine Foundation, Inc.

ONE does not say it has no opinions of its own, yet the reader should note the diversity of opinion printed in these pages. Mr. David, in this issue, warns against a cultural isolation; Mr. Freeman insists that the homosexual culture is unique; and Mr. Ferrar says the hell with both of them. The point of all this is, of course, what do you think? ONE is your voice. Use it!

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