The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-10-05
BANE OF RACE PREJUDICE
Noted Brooklyn Writer comn.,L,
stand Taken by Standard Unio,

Noted Brooklyn Writer Command.
stand Taken by Standard Union.
In reply to q recent editorial in N.
Brooklyn Daily Standard Union md.
the caption "a Prejudice With SbonI5
Be Removed" Mrs. NJ. c. Lawton N.
well known writer and agitator for tbo
legal rights Of Afro-Americans. saws.
at Is a sad commentary on cIvu
lied government when worth and char.
acter must surrender to petty rae.
prejudices, particularly when such cor.
eessions dwarf the development and
growth Of an entire race. intellectual
", financially, physically and morally
Intellectually, because the doors n,
many Of our higher institutions ara
closed against him, and vet he is OF.
pected to compete with the nan WIN
can enter any college in tie world
This privilege being denied him. he I,
branded as mentally inferior TO otba,
races. Financially, because lie IS nm.
derrated, therefore undergrad Resides
there are so many fields Of labor into
which he may not enter because ~
race prejudice.
physically, because he Is barred
from athletic associations which mako
It possible for him to take the physical
culture so necessary to a sound rhvS.
zeal body, symmetry Of form. etc. Nor.
ally, because OF the CongeSted manner
in many instances in which this HYDRA.
headed monster, prejudice. fur.es him
10 live. II the locality IS desirable the
rent is so extOrtionate that Pc must
take all sorts OF persons in lis home
to meet the monthly expense. Again.
although his salary IS less than that
OF any other class OF citizens. 10 must
pay interest for his color. This CON
dition is calculated to lower the moral
status OF any race or people.
ITO shut the door OF opportunity IN
the face OF any man and then brand
him as shiftless and indOlent is a ma.
licious crime. To bar him from edu-
cational advantages and then label him
as inferior is equally as criminal
There are men and women In the
colOred race whose identity would he
imperceptible under a microscope, yet
II it is known that they Possess per
cent Of cOlOred blood the - lor cent
OF the white blood counts for uaught
Mathematics is no factor in this prob
lem; hence the discriminate is not
based on the complexion nor tie tex
ture OF the hair. There are also scores
Of refined, intelligent. cultured men
and women who are just as much Os-
TRACKED as the most yagraut and IN
couth men and women Of their race.
81 heartily indorse the spirit Of the
editorial referred to in that il favOrs
fairness and justice for the self re-
specting Italians, at the same time In
plOring the self respecting class OF that
race to condemn the vicious and
treacherOus among them.
what is true Of this particular class
Is no less true OF the cOl0red people.
Let them ever be on the alert. com
mending worth and integrity wherever
they find them and cOndemnius crime
wherever II exists.
II assume that this fair and square
article is no less directed 10 one race
than another and that the standard
Union, so widely read among the COL
ored citizens generally Of brooklyn
will ever be found on the side Of risnt
as 1t sees 1t, regardless of race, creed
or previous condition"
The article in question dealt with tne
discrimination practiced against IIA'
fans as tenants.