Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-07-22
SHALL WE
RECOMMEND
OUR RACES
COMPETITORS
An Answer to the Covert Thrust at
the Races Professional Men

ing" cannot be stopped nor called into
court But when the editor OF a Ne
gro paper goes out of his way to lend
approval to these knockers" and
character assassins. he should be de-
nounced as a panderer after cheap no
toriety and a seeker after a white
mans money in preference to the
good will and patronage OF Denvers
|, colored professionals. The natural
distrust that the Denver Negroes have
in each other is encouraged by the
policy of the Denver Independent To
preach one thing and then to practice
entirely the opposite thing is the rank
est kind of hypocrisy and betrayal.
Everybody knows that many Ne
groes worship a white face regardless
OF ability and character. And should
Information reach Denver tomorrow
that the inhabitants OF the New Je-
rusalem" would all turn black when
they stepped upon the golden streets
there. our colored churches would
have to close their doors and their
pastors would have to seek other
kinds of employment
This prejudice in Denver is not due
to the poor qualifications OF our pro-
fessionals. They are men and women
NHO
best schools in this country. Many
of them were the only colored among
a large class of whites: some of them
were the honor men and women of
their classes. Some of them are the
possessors of college and honorary de-
grees. and yet in the opinion of some
of our race knockers" these same
men and women are green fools" and
dummies. Some of these knockers
think colored graduated pharmacist
knows enough to draw soda water and
that is all: that a colored graduated
dentist knows enough to pull out a
snag of a tooth and that is all: when
they have a prescription to be filled
they 20 elsewhere: when they have
fine and skillful dental work they go
elsewhere. when they have a dirty
job. like the performing of criminal
operation, they hunt up the colored
doctor and are surprised greatly when
they are told that he does not do that
kind of practice: and when a member
of their family needs doctor for
some other ailment they telephone for
n white doctor.
In practically every section of the
country except this. Negro doctors
have performed as great and as grave
operations as any white doctor that
ever lived: and the lack of the same
results in this city Is easily explained.
First, the colored people of this city
do not give their own medical men the
chance. and are more loyal and devout
in their adherence to white physicians
who have no standing or prestige with
theii own race. Secondly. these same
white sharks help TO legislate and per-
Negro doctors from operating In the
Denver hospitals, SO as to work
against a demonstration of our Negro
doctors surgical ability; and then he
can easily yell. Negro doctors are not
surgeons And nine out of ten times
this same individual who deceives and
beguiles Negro patients would make a
hasty exit from sleeping car or din
ing room where Negroes may be pres
ent.
1t goes without saying that the art
icle In question is an injustice and an
unnecessary rebuke to the Negro doc
tors of this city: and why Negro con-
cern which must be supported by our
own people will urge the Negroes to
stand pat to white doctors In prefer
ence to the medical men Of our own
race, Is a problem we cannot solve.
And then there is connected with
this paper a Negro professional man
whose business and home are depend
ent upon the trade OF his people; and
yet he advertises himself as using this
great white medical savior.
What we need is less self.appointed
agents and peddlers for white profee-
sionals. Give your own a chance and
then you may be able to read of the