The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11
THE GREAT DEBATE OFTO-DAY
which is atoful Blast Between the,Vb;te
American and the Afroa~o:

american and the Afro-American.
The value of the Afro-Am erican in INV
own America. is void of significance.
once upon time, friction over tt req
decades ago, the Afro-American was of
great value to the white man. he occu.
plea large space in the Anglo-Amer;-
cans heart. particularly the Southerners
The slaves troubles were his master,a
ana the masters were the slaves. The
save Was loved, fondled, chastised and
advised by his white friend and he
meek1y submitted to his fate Attha,
time mutual love flowed freelv betvoan
the two races. But what kind of low
was that? Did you ever have good
morse or any Kind of an animal to do
faithful service for you? Did Won hate
hl"? Why moi? Because he was ever
reaoy to crafty every wish without COM
pfesatlon' we'll that is the kind of love
tne white man had for the slave. The
root Of dissention between the black and
ire white American today is based pom
me ABOVE simple facts. The white man
e1tner internally or externally insists ur-
on being friendly with the slave in tbs
capacity of "Sam is a smart boy" or
John is a good servant" which ia meant
TO disregard Afro-American dignity.
But the Afro-American will not have it
mat way. he insists that it shall be "Mr.
Jones" with an attitude ofrespect accord
ing to his moral Intellectual or financial
"ofth' as the case may be. There seems
10 DO only one way that the Afro-Ameri
can can solicit the universal admira-
ton of American whites and that ia nv
manlfestion OF the characteristics, Of orr
unfortunate fore-fathere. But the in
tellgent man who advar c ss with simon
OF the hour" cannot convert into fiction
the lamentahle illiteracy of our dear old
ancestors, hence he is looked upon with
supreme contempt. Caste distinction
seems to be the greatest barrier between
the white and black American. The
White man believes that the black man.,
object is to gain social quality, and to
1901 as 'iordly" as his "msjeety". Quote
ne, we cannot concede to the Afro-Ama.
rlcans that they are our social equal. wa
must not allow them to cherish that feel.
ing, even if Wa have to shoot them down
like dogs and provoke the contemnt ot
all respectable people toward them BY
charging them with raping our "cultured
ladies'" and humilate them by refueinp
them access to our public places. refuse
to rent them decent houses. refnsa IN
work with them in their struggle for ex-
lstence' or. any thing else that ia of q
low order We must resort to, even ifwe
90 bave to suffer untold misery and an
eulsh for our sins, we must make them
feel Inundated and inferior 10 us. Au,tl
the above facts are resorted too in ord.,
mat white" social dignity night be
maintained exclusive of the Afro Amer,
can' when one simple human reflection
would eradicate, and adjust the whole
matter, namely THAT no self resnectino
or any other person can
Violate the fixed law of the eersativo
''nl by trusting themselves socially u NON
others where they are not wanted y
The above solution is divine Gift f,om
'ur Make, which consciously or uncop-
'clo usIy throbs in the hearts of every
human n art. ard 1hall be obeyed. The |
'reatess obiec' Of the INTELLIGENT and se,.
especting Ato-Americans, ia to attain
ne COMMON rights of human. beinvs
md be rewarded according to merit "a
'ther races are. The Afro-American ia
PERFECTLY satisfied to quen:h his unlimi,-
"a thirst OF social environments, among
'is own nationality. All Afro Americans
an ind their equals among their own
ace, from the most degraded to the
nost elevated. He asks for no epecial
riveliges. nor sscrafice or condensation
" the part OF the white brothe-". BIZ
imply chance 10 make q pace fo
inset, in Gods world by bis own thrift
nd eneruy. He simply asks to be let
lone and left nonolested, He ia fu)lv
Die to work Out his wn.destiny and if
9 fails in his effort he is willing to
liter the result. The intelligent Afro
merlcan fully realizes the ttc. that
perseverance IN aotriety and del;bers-
on Il purpose, will establish perpan-
Mt respect, in spite # perpetual refusal
the white American to acknowledge
"- J. c. Ped.
minneapolis, Minp.