He goes about his business or his pleasure seemingly at peace with the world, though perhaps he sings somewhat less than he once did.

He attends his church and the meetings of his lodge or lodges, and works more or less regularly.

Probably the great majority of negroes more nearly realize their ambitions than do the whites.

They do not aspire to high position, and discrimination does not burn them quite as deeply as the sometimes too sympathetic white man who tries to put himself in their place may think.
There are, however, some individuals to whom the ordinary conditions of any negro's life appear particularly bitter.

With mental ability, education, and aesthetic appreciation often comparable to those of the whites, and with more than normal sensitiveness, they find the color line an intolerable insult, since it separates them from what they value most.