The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-06-28
RACE PROBLEM PUZZLE
GRAPHIC STATEMENT OF GREATEST QUESTION
BEFORE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

ue of the Denver Post anent the organization of company by
colorado transport the negroes Liberia The major por-
fion of the article is follows:
The popularity of the negro problem truth
Unknown hazy most writers and speakers hate
npenly tell truth truth is very unpleasant to
The colored people along their present lines yearnng apa-
ZION There has been flood of long and able dissertations
both North and South but the writers write way that
draw his concusion-thy won't state the truth
"a many plain words The truth negro
denly changed from bondage and ignorance freedom
Ship the mistaken theory that education the universal pan
** This colossal blind done time when educa
6on fetish in this country, than it is
Millions of black changed citizens
Belief that education would square the tremendous with
Slavery had been problem only the that
was blot the country that conhced hdeousy with
tensions land of freedom and humane theories and engten
nent and because of that sentiment fought terrible
freed the slaves and with blind faith proposed that education
should solve the problem And the consequence that the black
has gradually grown obsessed with the aspiration become
white and the white has turned him. in the anger of
preserving his racial purity.
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Southern white people like negro-ven love the negro-n
his capacity as doce frolcsome lghhearted laughing faithful
srvor The affection between the old families the South
and od black folks is marked and quite touching For
that matter general that the white his capacity
as SUPERIOR weakness for the negro but the moment the
egro the equality he presumably by
law the white man rage We have therefore the
Extraordinary condition that remarkable for the faith
docy of its service for $50 and for the affection
s fatfness and docty inspired its masters, genera
becoming feels and believes, hated abused
and bowbeaen people, constantly meacd with death and torture
81 white hardly discuss the situation
a choes with rage and turns the Northern
protests against terrible acts of epr1sal and asks
deousy hat would you do if wife or daughter was raw
zisfed by black fend?'
1t seems monstrous to entire responsible for the
acs of its criminals reasonable Southern White
man does So but as background the fghtu crimes that spring
ciou is the weknown that the coored masses have become
effected by that time they will be amagaated with the
whites and there will negro problem And 1t is TINS
idea or aspiration that the placabe fury OF the South
white man. for the obseSsion OF the educated negroes
about future ordained fusion blood subtle psychological way
upon degenerate criminal negro mind and produces m
ouages unknown until comparatively recent Perou
Be that as it may be said matter OF TACT tat
among the coored people themselves they have developed caste
Of color and there is caste feeling between negroes and
the socaed of various degrees OF white Doo ana
that the lighter color the higher the caste ana as MI
Walker saws it utterly impossible develop race PRIDE OF race
selfrespec while race itself only inspired by tne dlDo
lose its physical characteristics and while those whose gne
color the of mcegnaton hold themselves Socay
their own people of pure African blood And 1t is Impossible
contend against tendency of the coored people "e ~
are, practically, subject race
Nations and peoples have fought bitterly 1or what y
freedom and liberty because they would De any De
their ways of living but for the pride OF Independents W
not being subject even IN name. 1N09
human race than that hate above all things 10
subsection even in name it is undeniabe that II IS an
pride without which people, is aenciel ~ 80
NJ -,dox ;e that we broke the negros bonds set
him free tool hin, m the hand said Brother behold
take it and become free American citizen and when m
tnate negro took it and found that was deislon M w
better educated he became the more poignant ma h and
he turned - M hone that springs eternal in the human breast u
tried - ed fo in the idea of gradually growing "nte w
paradox that theeupon the white man srneS h wiu %
fist And the situation resolves itself INTO TINS ~. -