of a
great gulf fixed between him and his white neighbors. The South
African native is indeed a social outcast. Portions of the following
extract, describing social relations in South Africa, should ring
familiarly in American ears:

"The peculiar colour-prejudice of South Africa ... finds
expression everywhere--in the streets, in the public buildings,
in the public conveyances, in the press, nay, in the church
itself. Thus, if a black man were to try to get into an hotel,
let his education be what it will, he would be refused admission;
but supposing he did manage to enter somehow, if he appeared at
table, all the whites would leave it.... All over South Africa
whites will not mix with blacks in railway compartments, tramcars
or post-carts....

"Bantu children and European children are provided with separate
schools.

"... On that lavatory you see written 'Gentlemen,' and there
only white men may go. On that other lavatory you see written
'Amadoda' (men), and this is meant for black men.

"One would expect that the distinction would not go the length of
the church, but it does so with sober earnestness....

"The _average_ white man in South Africa would never think of
shaking hands with a black man. The ordinary terms of courtesy
are purposely avoided by him, and such a prefix as 'Mr.' or
'Mrs.' in association with a black man's or woman's name never
escapes his lips....

"'A single case of marriage between white and black by Christian
rites will fill the newspapers with columns of indignant protest,
but illicit intercourse, even permanent concubinage, will pass
unnoticed.'"[11]

The American Negro, it may be said, habitually thinks of himself as
the most unfortunate of God's creatures, but his South African brother
is still more unfortunate. Separate schools, separate churches,
separate waiting-rooms, "jim crow cars"--with these the American Negro
is familiar. With few exceptions, however, he may work independently,
unlike the South African native, and at his own calling. He may
acquire as much property as he can pay for. If he will "go North" for
his education, he may sit at the feet of the best scholars his country
produces. Direct representation in state legislative bodies is not
unknown to him, and direct representation from some districts to the
National Congress seems to be at h