Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-01-25

question to us, but, after generations of
superiority it strikes us that the white.
South is pretty badly tainted with criminal
shortcomings and we suspect if justice was
done the chain gang and prison cells of
the South would be for "white folks only"
That old social equality bugbear hobby
is still being worked overtime by the white
men of the South to justify their barbaric
treatment of the colored people of that
section-its a snare and delusion. Social
relations with the whites is foreign to the
black man s mind. The black man would not
be one hundredth part as "tickled to walk
into the parlor of the Southern white man
and snugge up to his daughter' as the
Southern white man is to steal into the
lonely cabin Of colored mans daughter
and criminally snuggle up to her. Lest you,
dear reader, hastily conclude the above
statement is made at random and more as
a retOrt to what the letter writer has said,
than fact, permit us to quote some census
figures for your consideration and we trust
your edifcation. At the time of the enamel
patton there were about 100000 mixed
bloods (white and black), but the late cen
sus shows six million mixed bloods. Evi-
IDENTIFY many white men have snuggled up
to black amoritas and many of the offsprings
of those unhoy alliances were and are so
white that they have decided to be white
and it is variously estimated that there
are fully a million of such descendants in
this "land of the free and home Of the
brave" and they are really smuggling up
to some white man s daughter every day.
mule, dog, an ape, an Ourang Outang
or any animal capable Of receiving impress
sons is the better by far after having been
,I, n hat h., 4l,o
Negro? Educate the Negro scientifically
and he will make better field hand a better
house servant, better coachman, a better
boot black better mechanic, a better citi-
zen and last, but nowise least, a better
Christian. Whether he will become the white
man s equal, mentally and otherwise, is a
debatable question, but sure it is educating
the black man will detract nothing from the
white man, yea, verify, if it does not really
add to him.
If the white man is not mentally superior
to the black man Of this country then we
have an awfuly poor opinion Of the mental
capacities Of the white man, but on the
other hand mi ghty high estimate of those
of the black man. In claiming superiority
for the white man in this country over the
black man under the circumstances there is
no argument coming, for it is a fact, and
so the writer spoke correctly in closing his
letter, but in doing so, he is like the ass that
played Oh flute by mistake. Let us sug-
gest to the white folk Of this country that,
if they will not assist the black folks to
become equal to their environments then in
Heavens name do not hinder them. Just
let them alone-eave them to their fate
sink or swim, survive or persh-wipe your
hands clean Of them. This, however, is not
invited, but better it than everlasting hell
bounding them.
In denouncng the "yellow brood" of the
colored citizens on the part of a Southern
white man there is grave danger Of stepping
on the corns Of your next door neighbor,
your brother, your father and even your
self, for be it remembered that the yellow