The Denver star., 1914-08-01
Atlanta Independent Advocates Justice, Fair
ness and Honesty In Strong Editorial.
IS THIS THE TRUTH
IS THIS THE

IS THIS THE TRUTH?
Out of all harmonp with the American spirit of inquiry
and fair dealing when To- assembling facts for the
purpose of establishing basis honest and logical de-
ducon the practice of postuatg concerning the moral
intellectual the coored people. The with
which it possible obtain tOieraby fair notion of the
material progress of the racemsny because information
in that regard is furnished the Census Office and pub
lie the White garbled
favorable what the cored people haye done
and doing material lines But when it to prog
made by the coored people which lead
moral intellectual and civic proficiency the white in
general manifest indifference which rehec-
tion upon them for fair dealing and commendabe nqus
veness They know absolutely nothing best but little
that specifically touching the Development of the color
led matters which make for substantial and perma
social upft he average white stands off, absorbed
his -sucency and acting upon the foolish theory
that the entire world and the funess thereof his by
right of eminent of divine decree takes
for granted that universal equality unapproxmabe and
that therefore, in the of things it useless to1wase
inquiry the of peoples included
in the Aryan family This phasca presumption could be
that the people act as though they
knew all about the other peoples and endeavor fix her
Social moral and intellectual saf6 preconeeved
subsanated tom-fooeries vhich would under other
circumstances br9 them luAats large Thus these
6nnformed classify the col
Iored people of this interiors incapable Of
sufficient development of mind and morals justify the
slightest suggestion that they will become
sufficiently equqqed justly claim equality the American
body potic and console themselves their
of coored people by the comforting reflection that
1.-THE privilege to life here boon beyond which it
ingratude hope for Segregation mcrowism and al
other forms of prescription which deny the Christian
spirit of brotherhood considered of
We often hear white people who profess to be friendly
mark that the great desderaum in the called
tion very simple and apparent They when
the coored people develop thrift education governmental
experience everything will along smoothly and coored
peope will become acceptable and understandable factor
American society," Yet these people study the
conditions among the coloed people in enable
them to form superficial knowledge of the coored
mans actual progress. They proud admit the
6rmed nhiIst socialist the black hand element all
the conglomerated mass which pouring in from efete
Europe without requiring them be decent
to nothing about education and material com
potency Moreover. these motley permitted
without question and hold high political positions
in the and throughout the entire political field
greasy ignorant bigoted Italian bearded Russian brute
or cansh and beerswllng Polockis admitted without
question all the benefits and privileges of American ct
zenshpignoran superstitous bgoted and filth though he
be-while the iterate Ynng ambitious and edu
Gated coored who has for centuries given
blood help make the conditions possible told
that the whole coored in this country wait until
said entire demonstrate experiences, capabilities
scholarship and wealth equal the advanced citizens
of the land On the subject of getting acquainted with
ple the following from Hilare Beoc, eminent French
anthropoogs and traveller published in the Commonweal
of Adyar India worthy of notice For thing you
understand people began understand them
their physical surroundings unless have
have such food theirs aud slept such as
theirs For another thing only by such discipline that
you into country at ALL But this breaking
self to the habits of country easy quite
exceptional men, Some few do easily and it is men
Of that who to know people, Very nearly
has repugnance aud initial inability when it comes
the foreign customs of highly civilized people, to
the habits which the expression Of the soul