The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-16
RACE PREJUDICE.

We clip the following from the editorial
columns of our esteemed contemporary.
the Harrisonburg Spirit of the Valley:
"rhe Richmond Times concludes an
article on the so-called Jim crow cars
with this paragraph: We again rake
the point that the white people Of Nir-
giniu have no disposition to hunliliate
the black man, or 10 impose any I'M
necessary hardship upon him. If, there
fore, the Jim crow car is established
by law, it Will be because insolent and
ill-mannered negroes have forced II. II
the negro insists upon being rude and
riotous and indecent in public he cannot
expect to be tolerated by decent people.
Now, We have no doubt that the
writer who penned the paragraph just
quoted really thinks that he is not in
1luenced by race prejudice, but every
impartial man will see that he is. Sup
pose a few persons belonging to any
nationality were occasionally disorderiy,
would The Times want separate cars for
them? We have occasionally seen men
of all nationalities commit rude and dis
orderly acts upon the cars, but we never
heard that all people of such nationals
ties were to be compelled by law to
ride in cars to themselves. This ought
to prove to The Times that this move
ment is founded on race prejudice"
The Times has never said that there
was no such thing as race prejudice.
On the contrary we have declared the
fact and emphasized it. OF course there
is race prejudice; no one denies it. We
of the South do not tolerate the mixing
of negroes with whites in the social cir
Gle no matter how cultivated and re-
fined the negro may be. Remove every
other objection. and there are many. yet
race prejudice is sufficient to prevent
social equality. We have in the South
separate churches. separate. hotels and
separate schools. Why? Because of
race prejudice 1t is something for
which The white man is not responsible.
1t was born in him and he cannot help
it If he would. The color line was
drawn by the Creator Of the human race,
and it is here to stay. The races can
not be mixed without trouble, therefore,
we say that it is good sense and in the
Interest of peace and order and the Wei
fare OF all concerned that the races be.
kept as completely separated as pos
s!ble.
paper that there was a future for him,
but that it must be Of his own making.
The black man must build his own soci-
ETY.. for race prejudice. If nothing else, is
sufficient to keep him from entering
into the inner circle Of the white man.
Race prejudice Is n fact and we must
recognize it and deal with it as such
Those who try to obliterate it might
as well try 10 change the color Of the
black mans skin.
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SOUTH AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS.
In speaking Of the civil wars which
have ragged In Venezuela. the Lynchburg
News says that scarcely single one of
the spanlsh-American republics has been
able to establish and maintain an cr-
derly government for two consecutive ue-
scades. They have yet TO learn. = says ctr
contemporary. the principles OF civil
liberty and republican institutions. Their
experiences under the Spanish Govern
sment did not fit them to appreciate free
institutions. nor did 1t train them to the