The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-26
Negroes and Jews

most ruthless and heartless landlords in America are
black Look at the shameful Kitchenettes of Chicago
They know about Negro needs. They understand how
segregation works. limiting available housing for Negroes
which results in the ab of the landlords to raise the
far above the level of the city, Negro real estate
agents taken advantage of this They take
apartment at certain price from the and step
the rents of the apartments ouandshy to get the
difference between what the wants and what these
high rents will bring in.
What about Negro loan sharks? Wherever you find
them they different from the Jewish pawnbroker
It bad and dangerous logic for Negroes to condemn
the Jewish people because of the action of
Jews it is silly and foolish for white people to
condemn Negroes whole because drunken Negro
may be found on the highways.
Jews are denounced because of the claim that they
take money out of Negro communities out of Harlem and
Southside Chicago What they do? They have gotten
the money from the sale of goods which Negroes buy
Negroes have the goods The Jews have the money Ne
have the right to do what they with the goods
Jewish merchants have the right to do what they want
with the money they make merchants in Negro or
any other community Negroes would be the first to rise
in revolt against agitation against Negro who
doing business in white community Many Negroes to-
day engaged in enterprises outside of Negro
mites. Some are doing prosperous business.
If white people initiated Negro racial extremists and
projected movement to drive out all Negroes doing bust
in their communities it is obvious that important
of business opportunity would be closed to Negroes
solely because of
Now, of course, it may happen that one or more Ne
engaged in business in white sections may have been
driven out because of antNegro propaganda This is
sound why Negroes should comparable
ganda against white businessmen whatever their
religion nationality that doing business in Negro
communities The claim that Negro businessmen should
control the business in Negro communities is
sound than that white businessmen should control the bust
in white communities that Chinese businessmen
should control the business in Chinese communities that
Jewish businessmen should control the business in Jewish
communities To take any such position to put premi
business nefficency and chicanery Since business
is for profit black businessman will take advantage
of black just readily white businessman
will take advantage of black consumers or white con-
Jewish Communities not
tally interested in the race religion nationality of their
businessmen, but they profoundly interested in the
type of service and quality of goods they receive and the
prices they pay white community does not want to be
cheated any by white businessman than by Negro
businessman does Negro community want to be
cheated by Negro businessman any than it does
by white businessman. Consumers want maximum
return for the they pay any merchant regardless
of race, creed, color ancesty.
Negoes, naturally want to Negroes make a sue.
various enterprises but the of Negro
must depend not upon but upon knowledge
and efficiency In fact is mistake for Negroes to
stake their hopes upon racial business There bascay
such thing racial business You may have Negroes
in business just have Jew business and Catholics
in business Just there is racial business there is
Jewish business no Catholic business.
Whatever disadvantages Negroes may experience with
business by Jewish merchant it is due to the
alleged fact that the business jewish but due to the
fact that the Jew in business like Negro Catholic
in business is interested in making profits Therefore,
like other businessmen, certain advantages taken of
the
The only why Negroes don't have larger
number of business enterprises in other communities is
not because the Jews have taken all of the business
opportunities but because of the lack of business brains
ingenuity and industry the part of Negroes. With
Negroes developing greater amount of business brains
of industry and stability, greater
Der of Negro enterprises will develop This undoubtedly
will with the generation of Negroes.
It be understood that the Jews have had thou
sands of years experience in business Naturally they
better businessmen than Negroes They have keener
business sense They have sounder business judgment
Not only Jews control most of the business in Negro
communities but they control most of the small businesses
CONTINUED Next Week.