Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-07-26

dren that colored citizens are citizens by
mistake and that they are invariably Grim
ina at heart, and even when not actual
criminals very undesirable citizens, just so
long will the spirit of moderation against
the colored citizens fatten and grow strong
among the white citizens and they will
never lose an opportunity to resent the
efforts of cOlored citizens acting like citi-
zens and to prevent such, mObs OF whites
will endeavor to exterminate the masses OF
black citizens that happen to live near
them Good and considerate white citizens
Of any community make more commendable
colored citizens of that immediate vic-
nifty There is no inspiration for colored
citizens to be good citizens if they realize
that the white citizens PREJUDICE all colored
men and women as ga damn bad bunch. -
Not long since three policemen of Seattle
said to the editor hereof "The average
colored man is not only criminal at heart,
but damn thief'' That is not true and
the average white man does not believe 1T,
but he will neither publicity refute it
rebuke the white man for distributing such
dangerous public propaganda. The next
day after the policeman made the above
assertion he, with others, were arrested for
stealing and subsequently dismissed from the
force, but his propaganda has continued to
grow. If the white citizens of this country
would but realize that the colored citizens
are endeavoring to be like them and to be
seen as they are there might be fewer
clashes s-race riots, if you please-and less
danger of government disturbances. All
anti-Negro demonstrations in this country
have their origin in color prejudice, though
their immediate origin be in the criminal
act Of some colored individual. If in the
South colored man actually rapes white
woman, he is but resenting the criminal
cohabitation Of most white men with, per-
haps, his wife or daughter and thus
does crime beget crime. Now, brethren, let
us reason together and endeavor to help
each other out Of the qragmires cf intoler
an"e and we will have better citizenrv
irrespective Of color or creed.
In spite Of the publicity the leading
editorial in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
has already had, it is being reproduced
because it brings out the fact that colo,
intoleration is wholly responsible for such
outbreaks and further points out that the
great white nation of America had better
clean up at home before trying to clean up
abroad. The editorial says:
"The race riots which have been going
on for days in the capital of this nation
must make interesting reading for the
people of Europe, who look upon us, or at
least our administration, as the bodyguard
of democracy and the battlers for oppressed
peoples. If they have accepted all that our
spokesman have said at it's word value. they
cannot be but puzzled that such things could
be under the very eye Of democracy's
leader. If the world is to be made safe for
democracy by the United States, democracy
cannot very well hunt Triggers" on the
streets Of our capital, at least without SET
ting the rest of the world a bad example.
1.-The trouble in Washington is the old
one. Some Negro committed an offense
against a white woman, or at least is ac
cused of an offense But to the Lithuanian.
the Savoyard or Turk it will be at once