Equality Before The Law.

A white orator boasts about the white race's superiority. The Planet reacts by telling blacks not be flustered, for by accumulating assets they are outstripping whites.

Equality Before The Law.
It is a singular fact that at irregular intervals, some white orator with a desire for notoriety and a wish for public favor proceeds to solemnly announce the superiority of the white race. He will also emphasize the fact as he regards it that Negroes can never live on a basis of equality in this country, that he belongs to an inferior race and he must know his place and keep it.
It would be well for us to remember that white men who are truly superior to Negroes do not go about the country announcing the fact. Their virtues shine with resplendent brilliancy and they are known of all men.
It is only men of small minds that boast of racial superiority for the very action in this respect belies the assertions of the man making the vaunting declarations. For our part these blatant utterances of demagogues no longer disturb us. It is our duty to labor on to the end.
Merit will tell in the long run and we can afford to pay no attention to these boasting utterances. When colored men realize that white men who are guilty of this conduct are the ones whom we are outstripping they can afford to smile. Let us accumulate money, buy property, engage in business and the result will be soon told. The time will come when there will be another evolution of races. We can afford to labor on and trust to the future for our vindication.

“Equality Before The Law.,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed October 9, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/612.