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Scolt Bond Flayed at Protest Meeting Held In Boston.WHERE the blame lies.New England Women Astonished and Grieved Over Insulting Remarks of Arkansas Farmer Who Acted the Clown at New York Meeting of National Negro Business League.By N. BARNETT DODSON.Perhaps 110 criticism, insult or mis-representalion of llie race within tin* past few years has caused such widespread indignation as that which emanated from Scott Bond at the recentsession of the National Negro Business league held in New York.The cause of the whole trouble is m accouut of Mr. Bond’s alleged pubic characterization of the women of the race as “nigger” women; also 1 hat they aped white women in dress lie also made other insulting remarks which reflected upon the character of motherhood.To publicly resent this insult the colored women of Bostou recently held 1 mass meeting in which they made known to the world their disapproval the whole proce«*dings which gaverise to Scott Bond's allegations.The meeting was held in Society ball and was attended by huudreds ofpersons who were equally iueeusedover the unfortunate occurrence. The meeting was called to order by Mine. F,. C. Parrish, who Is one of the most successful business women of the race, who in introducing Mrs. M. Cravatb Simpson, chairman of the meeting, frankly stated that her indignation was not directed so much at Scott Bond, the clown and ignoramus whoseMM* M. CBAVATH SIMPSON.eTeat boasted wealth dwindled so rapidly next day. but at the presiding officer. Ir. Booker T. Washington, president of the league.Mrs. Simpson said:We have me* here tonight on one of :he saddest occasions that we have ever Peen called together for as a race.Not in tiie history of the world have we jver seen it chronicled or ever heard of in Irishman calling himself a “Mick'' or 1 “Faddy'’ nor his women Mick” worn-in or “Paddy” women. Jffclther have weread or heard of the Italian addressing nimself as a “dago” nor his women as ‘dago” women, nor the Jew calling himself sheeney” nor his women “sheeney” women.And so I might continue to enumerate svery race Under the sun that has been nicknamed by the American people, and no race but one could I find that would attribute to itself or its people a degrading nickname given by the American people at a time which when thought of ihould make that race hide its face in shame and the race it’s attributed to weep for pity at the weakness and shamepf the American people.Calls Our Race “Nigger.”But instead In this enlightened twen-:ieth century we are startled by glaring leadlines of the press scattered broadcast ver the country stating that a man. one Scott Bond, hailing from Arkansas, is proud to call himself nigger and the women of his race as “nigger women.”Given the Opportunity.And the worst and saddest of it all is in opportunity for such denunciation was ?iven by a gentleman and a scholar of :he race, one whom the American people wish to thrust upon 12.000.000 of his race is their “leader.” their “Moses.”Is It to be wondered at that many of them rebel, knowing that the race contains men who are far more worthy in principle and wno are as scholarly as Booker T. Washington, pet of white \mericans?What It Teaches.It has. furthermore, been thoroughly proved by Scott Bond that Industrial education without higher education is like 1 Jewsharp without a tongue [laughter ind applause] and should hereafter ever set at rest all controversy for Industrial jducation without higher education as a necessary adjunct.An open letter was sent to Dr. Book-pr T. Washington at the close of the meeting informing him of its object and asking him to disapprove of Mr. Bond’s actions in thus insulting the women of the race.
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Indianapolis Recorder
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sat, Oct 08, 1910
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