As between North and South this press handling of racial matter seems but a question of degree. For a public which depends upon newspapers for its information an inordinately one-sided picture is presented. This emphasis on individual crimes specifying Negroes in each offense tends to stamp the entire Negro group as criminal. The following headings in white newspapers will suggest the inference of the public as to whether or not Negroes are criminally inclined:
Negro Robbers Attack Woman near Her Home
Tear Open Her Waist in Search for Money, but Fail to Find $6 Which She Had
Police Hunt for Negro Who Held up Woman
Scour Englewood District for Short Black Man Who Threatened Girls with Revolver
Negro Slayer Escapes from Jail
Austin Woman Attacked in Own Home by Negro
Woman Shocked by Negro Thief
Mrs. John W. Beckwith Surprises Black Burglar in Her Home
Rescue Negro from Mob That Threatened Lynching
Morgan Park Police Save William Shaw Who Attacked Woman from Infuriated Crowd
Negro Attacks Woman. Her Screams Bring Help
Mrs. Joseph Westhouse Dragged into Dark Passageway on South Side Street
Arrest Negro Suspect. Find Much in Pocket
Earnest Wallace Identified by Three Men as Ku Klux Robbers Who Held Them Up
Masked Negro Robs as White
Arthur Hood Learns to Disguise Voice in Prison; Uses Talent