The Washington bee., 1889-09-28
PREJUDICE:

amaglne that no such thing exists
to any appreciable extent in
Washington. Do not be deceived
or misled, for it does exist here in
its most hateful and malignant
form. If you are in doubt, try
TO rent house from any one of
the leading real estate agents and
you will discover your mistake.
We do not say that they will not
rent houses under their control to
tenants, but we do say that they
will not rent a colored man a
house in a desirable and central
location. They have plenty of
death and disease breeding f ps
in the allys on the outskirts OF ,he
city-in the disreputable quarters
which colored persons can, if they
so will, rent. The objection to
colored tenants is growing more
and more every day. The agents
pretend that the owners prefer
white tenants to colored, or that
the neighbors in the street where
you wish to rent would object.
These agents judge the entire race
of Negroes by single class who
have no respect for themselves or
for decency, who are boisterous,
lawless, disreputable and disgrace
ful to the same extent that the
low class of whites are lawless,
disreputable and disgracefuI. Law
abiding, selfrespecting, decent col
ored people are no more response
BILE for the conduct of "a class than
the law-abiding and decent white
people are responsible for the con"
duct Of the low class of whites who
aLG d ui'ssgg ace 10 that race. Yet
tl,o :, ,dss of whites are preferred
y Spectacle and decent colored
nd aple when they make applica-
lion for house. 1t is a disgrace
to the Christian civilization OF
this country,-a disgrace to
Washington--that the hateful
spirit of caste and prescription and
mendacity has such grip upon
the Christian white men IN the
Real Estate business here who
hug themselves in church on Sun,
days and thank God that they are
not as other men are. A religion
which is not broad enough in Its
scope to include all men as equals,
thereby acknowledging the Faith
erhood of God and the brother-
hood of man, is a lie blacker than
the hinges of Hades, and those
who profess this kind of religion
are hypocrltes and humbugs. One
Of these men is a great christian,
but his christianity does not ex-
tend itself to the black man who
wishes to enjoy the same privileg-
es for his money, that be is will
ing to give to a white man. A
black man cannot rent Il decent
house from this humble follower
of the meek and lowly Jesus. He
assumes more than the Almighty
himself on the subject of the
equality of man; while the former
is no respector of persons. This
great christian is, for he has the
audacity to insult the intelligence
of the Negro by printing and cir
culatlng a circular on which is
printed "For Rent" a list OF
shambling old rookeries in Alleys
and back streets for colored peo-
pie. His associates In the real
estate business are equally as bad.
but we single him because he is a
shining light in the church, a Re-
publican, public spirited citizen,
an ambitious candidate with a pe-
riodical hankering for the suffrage
of the Negro delegates who must
be depended on to elect delegates
to the national convention. As
the Lord liveth, this christian nor
any other Negotiating Republi-
can Real Estate broker will be
permitted to represent this District
in any assembly which requires
the suffrage of the Negro to elect
them as such. We must draw the
line on these men who believe in
the power of money and the grill
libility of the Negro. If Hades
isn't crowded with this breed OF
worshippers of the Golden Calf at
final resurrection, we will be both
surprised and astonished. If a
word from ua could send them to
the cheated" hence we would
be neither chary or choice