The Afro-American press and its editors . 239 240 THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS. being brought in contact with offcasts and outcasts of thecolored people, and, naturally enough, forms its conceptionsof all from the bad conduct of a few. But the refined andpleasant homes, the thousands of benevolent and Christianenterprises that are in constant operation among coloredpeo]:)le, the well-conducted churches, schools, colleges, socie-ties, and other civilizing and humanizing instrumentalities,attract almost no attention from the whites, and, consequently,exert almost no influence upon their idea of their
The Afro-American press and its editors . 239 240 THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS. being brought in contact with offcasts and outcasts of thecolored people, and, naturally enough, forms its conceptionsof all from the bad conduct of a few. But the refined andpleasant homes, the thousands of benevolent and Christianenterprises that are in constant operation among coloredpeo]:)le, the well-conducted churches, schools, colleges, socie-ties, and other civilizing and humanizing instrumentalities,attract almost no attention from the whites, and, consequently,exert almost no influence upon their idea of their is a misfortune to both races, that the white people areso constantly forced to witness and learn of the bad conductof the saloon-loafers and criminals of the colored race, andthat they take such pains to keep themselves from witnessingthe decent and creditable performances of the intelligent,virtuous, and industrious ones. The truth of the above is unmistakable; and with suchpresentation of facts, the Afro-American editor m
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