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Editorial
September 9, 1939
The Gazette
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
What is this article about?
W.E.B. Du Bois, via Monroe Trotter, condemns segregation as the American method to mark African Americans as inferior by denying public access, preserving post-slavery scorn, and warns against self-segregation as betrayal.
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SEGREGATION: ITS VICIOUS PURPOSE!
"Segregation is the special American means of branding Colored Americans as the inferiors of inferiors in public status.
"When the white South found itself confronted with the federal status of equality for Colored people. the former slaves - equality of citizenship, of freedom, of franchise rights. backed by the national government-it selected the denial of presence and of service in places opened for public patronage as the one great way to brand Colored people as having been a slave race and make them forever the scorn of civil society.
"It is a very effective measure. Colored people are traitors to themselves to aid and abet the idea by self-segregation."
—W. E. B. Du Bois, Monroe Trotter.
"Segregation is the special American means of branding Colored Americans as the inferiors of inferiors in public status.
"When the white South found itself confronted with the federal status of equality for Colored people. the former slaves - equality of citizenship, of freedom, of franchise rights. backed by the national government-it selected the denial of presence and of service in places opened for public patronage as the one great way to brand Colored people as having been a slave race and make them forever the scorn of civil society.
"It is a very effective measure. Colored people are traitors to themselves to aid and abet the idea by self-segregation."
—W. E. B. Du Bois, Monroe Trotter.
What sub-type of article is it?
Social Reform
Slavery Abolition
What keywords are associated?
Segregation
Racial Inferiority
Public Equality
Self Segregation
Du Bois
What entities or persons were involved?
W. E. B. Du Bois
Monroe Trotter
Colored Americans
White South
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Segregation As A Means To Brand Colored Americans As Inferiors
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Segregation
Key Figures
W. E. B. Du Bois
Monroe Trotter
Colored Americans
White South
Key Arguments
Segregation Brands Colored Americans As Inferiors In Public Status
White South Used Segregation To Deny Equality Of Citizenship, Freedom, And Franchise Rights
Segregation Maintains Colored People As A Scorned Former Slave Race
Self Segregation Aids The Idea And Is A Betrayal