The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-12-27
INJUSTICE TO
COLORED RACE
DANGEROUS MENACE TO VEL
FARE AND ADVANCEMENT OF
AMERICAN WHITES.
By Evans Paul Harris.


| am scarcely yet regarded a prac-
tical writer being yet but a student
and not having hitherto made public
but few brief articles, and those only
in remote circles and on far less i'm
portant subject matter than this L
am writing here to arouse the pub
lies interest in. But international,
national and particularly racial re-
lations and welfare have become so
complexed and endangered (firsD by
the evil lust of certain elements OF
the shrewdest diplomatic American
white men-the classes that nave
been so misled by their closely con-
cealed and cherished mean Ideals
that they have attempted and are
gaining momentum in their contln-
ned more organized attempts to sever
relation and imprison rights OF GER
tain races. and (secondly) by the
uprising lawless rage or certain
biased opinioned laboring classes
that are so much more easily en-
| fuenced by careful camoutiaged law
less methods than by straightforward
policies of civil experimentation,
that | cannot hesitate longer to add
nv hit to this effort of arousing at
tention of those just, patrlotlc, we'll.
informed and lawabiding citizens( Oh
every race and laboring or wealthy
class) in the graveness OF the sltua-
tion.
| Although the facts of my argument
since the subject treated here is so
because of acuteness of the deep
should defend my sincerity yet,
delicate and one so broadly neglected
rooted evils it concerns and because
of the small proportion of the Amer
can population that are the defence
less victims of such evils, wish to
assert that my conviction is as intf-
mated further herein that accom-
plishment of the objects of my argu-
ment is as vitality important to the
white people as to the colored, and
as much so to one rank or class or
people or section or party of this
country as to the other; and that
mere criticism, therefore, is not in
the least bit my object, since, in fact,
my hope is to arouse attention and
meet with cooperation Of (instead OF
opposing argumental response from)
those the whole country over whom
: are now better prepared than | to
accomplish the good object of my
argument. OF course, | am not a
recognized authority on internation-
al, national or racial problems.
Neither was Franklin, however, on
n1n lot nf D.,
But real evident facts always de-
i mand respect regardless of recog-
: nized diplomacy And at least, am
, capable of observing and relating
g the such evident and important facts
n as cited herein, and otdo so immed-
t lately l am sure is my duty. A
menacing matter of fact here is that
|. the recognized authorities on these
9 matters, whether unthoughtfully or
i. wilfully, neglects the open and stern
a criticism necessary to destroy the
d related dangerous evil developments.
II 1t is interesting, but far more alarm
n ing, to observe the weakness of the
.. whote man-who is undoubtedly the
a highest developed human intellect
II in respect of resisting influence of
\. plainly evident that the less the
n colored race of America Is robbed Of
q rights, socially abused, scorned, sub
n jected to massacres, deprived of equal
% opportunity for earnings with same
p service qualification as the white
% man, forced to believe that the whites
hate rather than owe it for its humble
tolerance of these unjust dealings,
- the more worthy and profitable and
- pleasing it (the colored race) will be
- to the whites, one can hardly un-
y derstand from visible evidence why
- the whites will allow these conditions
- to exist If they (the whites are not
u degenerating instead of progressing
in that they profess to respect as civ
d. ilization. l, at least, have observed
: "a common fact evident to anyone
y that will think-that evil sentiment
u spreads among whites with far great
~ er rapidity and effectiveness than
~ among the coloder race. We have
III little or no authentic evidence of
Us recognition of this fact by the whites,
III but there is not one of the cleverest
cd writer's that could put up genuine
e, even interesting argument, with
If, facts, contrary to this fact, II one
OF even would try. This condition is
ed purely a burden to the white and a
ul terror to the colored American citi-
es zens Then why should 1t be allowed
IL to exist? If even the whites were
tie benefited, any whatever the situa-
ng tion would be justly alarming but
at not so perplexing. But to think, as
ce evidence reveals it, that this national
and now even apparently interna-
ne tional evil is increasing detriment-
ry, ally to interest and welfare of whites
IL. as we'll as colored races, and that the
He intelligent whites whom have been
looked to for economic and safest
nd civil policies and ideals will neglect
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