Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-11-01
A wiiITE I.ADY'S APPREHENSION

We have received a rather remark
ahlc letter from "a northern wo--
mar as sho calls herself, i'll which
leltEr she does moro to encourage
9ynrhinE and to increase crime thah
she could do by any other method. 1t
rpahasizes the declaration OF native
born southerners that the average
vorabcruer never deals with the race
u4,ssiion without making mess OIL
it. This lady calls herself the friend
Dr shn Negro 1t causes us to re-
r:,rn .,,, ..,> me same kind OF fricn1
as tho average householder seems
TO nr of the turkey OH Thanksgiving
Dny-
treated Negro and yet she publish
ps inrendiary language that would
damn every respectable citizen or
Eolos i'll the Southland in the minds
ami in the opinions of the millions OF
peoplc i'll this country, who would
not fake tho time to Investigate the
truth of her statements. She "a north
era woman" is in dealy fear Of Ne
FRO men. This is evidently because she
does not know these Negro mon. She
was not reared in n southern family
Win hundreds Of black men on the
plantation.
She does not know that white wo-
men arc safer in The Southland with
hl,.ek men than they arc with white
ONES Thousands OF white families
in ahis sunny land have sent their
daughters out accompanied by blacn
boys and men, because these black
boys and men knew their places and
kept themselves in those places, while
1hrix white companions would have
tAavns liberties with these white girls
that black youth would never have
dared to have taken. The black youth
knew that it was sure death.
Because this white lady is SUI
lSlknSs lIOIn a1A hDG1loLlOAl Va Viz Aa'AA@
She imagines that black men arc .anN-
ioua to violate her person. She is n
mar. lad lady, no doubt Of years stand
ing, Why should any man with the
thousands of women, both white and
coloreG III the coIorcd race desire to
violate her person? Is it that she has
the beauty OF Il Cleopatra? We believe
moi There are over twelve million
coinrstl people in this country to-
day
She claims that she has never mis-
trealed colored person, then why
should she presume that any colorcd
person desires to nistreat her? If
the Iynching she advocates checks
the evil OF which she complains and
the Iynchings are still taking place,
why should she live in bodily fear
OF an attack, when the mode Of pun
isllrnent she advocates is still in op-
Grafton? But what is the use Of ar
gning With a woman and especially
woman OF this type? She is of the
opinion that she is not safe the mo-
mcnf she is out OF the reach Of white
men, when as matter Of fact, she
arms OF white men.
Colored men do not want women
OF her race or type. She can find this
ont by consulting any Of the women
OF she old school. Ladies of the
Southland, who owned black people
know that during long four years
war, they were in the care and keep
ing OF black men. They had no cause
10 fear them then and they have no
reason TO fear them now. The law
has been established to punish crimi-
rals and colored men have been for
ward in melting the punishment to
The brutes who have not only as
sauEfed women, bat nave insultcd
them
SO anxious have some Of them
been 70 emphasize their position and
attitude in this matter that they
have wrongfully participated in burn
ing black brutcs or alleged black
brnsas at the stake, violating the
laws Of God and man. But what cred
1t do they get from white northern
ers OF The type OF the white woman,