. ▁He ▁saw ▁that ▁prohib ition ▁laws ▁merely ▁encou rage ▁people ▁to ▁drink ▁because ▁they ▁wish ▁to ▁maintain ▁their ▁self - res pect ▁by ▁def ying ▁a ▁law ▁that ▁restrict s ▁private ▁life . ▁Similarly ▁he ▁critic izes ▁the ▁pur itan ▁laws ▁against ▁for nic ation ▁which ▁give ▁rise ▁to ▁a ▁double ▁standard ▁of ▁mor ality . ▁ ▁On ▁several ▁occasions , ▁Sal ten ▁also ▁discuss es ▁the ▁situation ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁Americans . ▁He ▁de pl ores ▁the ▁ra cial ▁seg reg ation ▁that ▁he ▁saw ▁in ▁Alexand ria , ▁Virginia ▁and ▁in ▁Atlanta . ▁Sal ten ▁did ▁have ▁difficulties ▁in ▁ident ifying ▁himself ▁with ▁the ▁black ▁race ▁and ▁he ▁used ▁old ▁ra cial ▁termin ology ▁of ▁his ▁era ▁but ▁he ▁strugg les ▁to ▁maintain ▁an ▁open ▁mind . ▁He ▁called ▁it ▁America ’ s ▁“ original ▁sin ” ▁that ▁“ N eg ro es ” ▁were ▁dep riv ed ▁of ▁equality ▁despite ▁their ▁labour ▁and ▁cultural ▁achiev ements . ▁Similarly , ▁he ▁l aments ▁the ▁Native ▁Americans ▁who ▁were ▁reduced ▁to ▁tour ist ▁attra ctions . ▁ ▁Currently , ▁F ün f ▁Min uten ▁Amerika ▁has ▁only ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁Roman ian ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁and ▁into ▁Finn ish ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁latter ▁with ▁notes ▁and ▁photograph s ▁append ix . ▁ ▁Sal ten ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁only ▁journalist ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁tour . ▁The ▁Finn ish ▁journalist ▁and ▁diplom at ▁U rho ▁To iv