The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-01-03
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CHICAGO WHIP

on the throne of theis great republic;
the hold the strings around the great
capital. They are leaders of new
civilization in this, a new country.
Great is their power, great are their
achievements, great are their rulers.
They pace letharsic and apathetic
races that follow their train. Yet in
all their transcendant glory and hon.
or, they have failed to reckon with
the third and fourth generation. The
sins of their fathers have given a
transitory result that mocks the claim
of race purities, and rifles cmfwyp
of race purities, sneers at race pride,
winks at race prejudice, and rifles the
idea of degeneracy. That force, cum
ming and evasive, is the problem of
the white-black man.
In the United States today there
are over 100000 mulattoes, octo-
rooms and quadroons, that are SO eau
cassian in appearance that science is
baffled, civilization is double-crossed,
and yet America seems asleep. Nine
ty-fve per cent of these hybred peo-
They look like white people; they talk
like white people. They work in white
mems jobs. They associate with white
people; they marry white women, but
they always think as Negroes. The
American negro has an entirely diff
ferent psychology from that of the
white man. Conditions force it upon
him. He is not allowed to think as an
American, but as an American Negro.
The stigmatized mind of the Ameri-
can Negro is the real curse of Ameri-
can prejudice. That the mind of the
ex-colored man always remains col
ored is admitted by all woh follow the
color line, the fear of his ultimate
disclosure, thle fear of fate's hands on
his children, who sometimes are Ne
groid, the love for his old playmates
and associates, the memory of the
old insults and indignaiions and the
Knowledge that his fellows are still
suffering, keeps his mind forever col
ored and the spark of loyalty for his
colored progenitors from ever dying
There is another type of Mulat-
toes that lead Hyde and Jekyll exist
ences; today white, tomorrow black
These individuals with uncanny in
stincts always seem to find out the
sinister intrigue of the white man
and forewarns and therefore remains
the Negro. The activities of the Ken
wood and Hyde Park Associations
and the plans of the white rioters
were exposed through these Jekylls
and Hydes. Americas eyes are closed
The need no fear of social equality
or Negro domination. The real fear
is the crimson stain.
Many sit in high places
Many who sit in high places are
stained. 1t is claimed that three SEN
ators now in office, two governors and
two representatives are known by
many colored people to be stained.
The fabric of America must indeed
be soiled.
The secrets of American finance
and government are known by ex-
colored. The bourbon South receives
ex-colored men within their undefiled
and unsullied homes. The hospitality
of the South's table is shared by the
ex-colored and the black Jekyll and
They come back to US and wink
knowingly.
The sins of American sires are be-
ing visited on the third and fourth
generation. The Mulattos and Octo-
rooms are planting seeds in Americas
most fertile soil. If black blood caus-
es degeneracy, America is endangered
and is powerless to prevent it.
How can you tell who is a Negro?
The Southerners tell our ex-colored
men they never miss and they the
colonel" is missing then.
The Negro need have no fear of
humiliation in America. Great nature
has acted contrarywise. There is but
one problem after all, and tht ais the
problem of brotherly love.