Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-12-10
SEPARATE DISTRICTS FOR NE
GROES.
Very Serious Proposition.
CNew York Evening JOurnaD

We received from Mr. Dubois. an
able member OF the Negro race.
letter of protest. dignifed and tenn
perate, against recent plans of white
men concerning negroes.
First is mentioned the proposition
I'm Baltimore TO segregate the col
Ored people and compel them 20 live
within certain restricted districts of
the city.
10 is true that the establishment
of homes of coiored people in neigh
borhoods hitherto unfrequented by
Them causes antagonism aud may
produce trouble and disturb real es-
tate values. But IL is also true tina
it is dangerous. unjust and unworthy
of this century to revive the obso-
lete ghetto system. denying 20 Ger
tain human beings the right TO live
where they please and where they
can
We suppose that a white man who
owns a house has legal right TO
sell 10 90 negro IT he pleases. And
We suppose that the highest court
in the country viii sustain the right
of colored man TO LIVE in his
own home. subject 90 the tax laws
and regulations OF his neighborhood.
Probably the plan 90 compel
hundred thousand colored people fin
Baltimore 90 live AN together I'm one
neighborhooj could not legally be
enforced
Certainly such a plan would result
IN creating In that city one great cen
eil1a c,ue. ,r -s,.t .-l
conflict
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U,orst li,5 m rroti, hror,.r, ,i,. m
fortunate Afric,rs IN A1,c-ic,
opoinef tbeir vul Tho, ,,,oro beat.
oD ,nurdaro5 -bo,. 5icl by tbo,,
sands of disease In the STAIN bold,
of sbips and mo survivors were
n,de eraves ,,,bor tb,, .ot b.ro
They have only lust escaped from
Slavery
With very few executions this is
tho 6rsr ar at most Tho second rar
Grafton of the coloroI people oble
to read or write
The negroes have endured ereat
wrongs at the hands OF m, white
man. and exccpnng occasional
crimes. which whites Themselves
commit also. the negroes have been
uatient law.abidinr and immensely
The South understands the col
ored man far better than the
North. What We write and what
we say is written with emphatic rec
oguition OF the fact that the prob
lem OF the colorcd race is very large
ly problem or and for thO
South.
However, We know that in the
South. where the colored people are
understood and appreciated, their
property rights are vigorously re
spected. they are encouraged 10 save
and 20 buy, and are treated as
friends, not as pariahs. We believe
that this idea of segregation viii not
be pushed or widely Endorsed. II