The Denver star., 1918-10-05
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Ii admitted that the Negro race-n spite of depress-
ing inlueuces-has made remarkable progress YeIt is
nwse be Indifferent and inactive of past achieve
ments much that be accomp she'd beoreI
Negoes a will be respected he plain and painful
that there serious and significant to
progr ressobstaces which be by
submission and indifference.
failed wisely in matters Of our vital
to our We have been somewhat color blind to|
pertinent facts. Two long have BIS erve i'm
portan, from and disadvantageousI
done little than refect harmfully and
seemingly jus,if, senseless ind ference.
the spirit of dissension false leadership
and lack OF confidence and respect bi the
The black burden Such qualities
the unjust and undemocrac attitude
of white men in dealing with Negroes.
There abundant evidences Of contempt among
Negroes MANY OF u.s. with keen resentment actuated byl
disregard condemn and sudousy void the of the
chronological term Negro. These silly would
not be seriously for the contempt they incu
ate in the Negro boys girsirvent all kinds
of appeations which both foolish and futile But the
Term "coIored is the meaningless of all the montrosi
ties correctly reveal the of people
Then there the light completion Negroes who in
mockery for ;he association of white
Furthermore Negroes become noteworthy and acquir
money and possessions they wives ds epu
able white of the who
BY their friends and families and ostraczed bv the
standards their And they choose these spec
depravty for their spite of the fact
there the Negro who all the
that make women truly noble and honorable!
Under any circumstanc it would natural that
race people, who sufferers from certain
ditto would be bound together in common loyalty. But
careful of the relative facts will
such with Negroes who admittedly victims
of prejudice Ii is unbeiev able but that
there are who i eu> engaged in sowing the
seeds of d n among Negroes, This
practice natural cons promotes
an antaponstc whose effects obviously
Foolish native pride, which common all people. is
for the bic fleets which have
produced In the West Indies the u pride OF the
different groups Negroes Islanders keeps them divided
and toward each other In the British West
Indies the Barbadau Negro by the other Negro
islanders Jamaican Negro beev his superiority is
Ihauphtv and bombastic his conduct aline
with Islanders the Negro from Antigua actually
scorns the Negro ks and the other
Negro each the insular pride
each group succun,bs gives the spirit of an
tagonsm.
The Danish West Indians, now known Virgin Island
ers dislike l,slike, by the different groups British
West Indian Negroes. Then they .itest that foolish
;nsuar pride themselves Negroes trom St Thomas
are impressed with of their n and
and they substitute this for good
whe never dealing with Crucians and the Negroes
Croix (Cucans ridiculous aud conceed other
proup 1t be remembered that in the West Indies the
most exactng rd standards based
occupation learning and Everything taken
alton co vely prove that each one lives in
fools paradise.
Then there is the pitiable and ominous division
feeling" between West Indians Negroes and Anne ri
Negroes But ALL for the latter like the former
are divided among themselves manifest spirit hat