“The problem is not the result of innate differences between the races. It would be less painful if it were. If the Negro had innate moral weakness or blindness, if he had an innately inferior intelligence, or in some inborn way either his sex drive or his fertility were somehow different, we could shrug off the problem by saying, ‘God made it that way; there’s nothing to do about it.’ But we are faced with the hard fact that reputable scientists regard as fruitless all efforts to find valid evidence of any innate moral weakness of the Negro or any innate difference in personality, intelligence, or sexual behavior.” Dr. Henderson went on in his paper to summarize many of the mitigating factors earlier mentioned, including socio-economic status, recreational limitations, inadequate sex education within Negro families and schools, and the tensions generated by discrimination. But he suspected that these various factors together do not account for more than half the problem: “Without a statistically valid basis for it, my opinion is strong that the primary factor is that of motivation. _The simple fact is that many Negro boys and girls do not want strongly enough to avoid producing illegitimate children._ The rank and file of those who are at the lowest social levels have not changed their attitude to illegitimacy since the days of slavery when sexual laxness in Negroes was tolerated and even encouraged.” [Emphasis supplied.] A notable comment along that line appeared in the St. Louis _Evening Whirl_, a Negro newspaper, early in 1960, in an account of a colored woman who complained, after giving birth to her ninth illegitimate child, that her allowance under Aid to Dependent Children had been cut from $185 to $110 a month. She felt “discriminated against.” Said the _Whirl_ editorially: Mrs. Brown thinks that she is entitled to live a normal life with a boyfriend and not have to waste money running around hotels and rooming houses. They can’t afford it. Mrs. Brown is young and normal. She is only 29. She cannot stop having a boyfriend and romance now. She believes that poor people are entitled to social pleasures and normal living. This newspaper agrees with this version of living. The rich have everything they want. Why can’t poor people have a little fun? A lot of our foolish laws need changing. We do not condemn Mrs. Brown. We rather praise her. She is living proof of a good woman--one who is promulgating her race. When our race increases in number to a much larger extent, we can demand more, get more, and show our power and authority at the polls.