Murder, thieving, lying, violence I sometimes suspect the Negro doesnt regard these as crimes or sins, or even as regrettable circumstances. He commits them casually, with no apparent feeling of guilt. White men similarly delinquent become soiled or embittered or brutalized. Negroes are as charming after as before a crime. Committing criminal acts, they seem never to be criminals. The gentle devoted creature who is your babys nurse can carve her boy-friend from ear to ear at midnight and by seven a.m. will be changing the babys diaper while she sings Hear the Lambs a-calling.