That this is due to a prejudice and has no rational principle under it is seen in the fact that the presence of colored persons in hotels and rail cars is only offensive when they are there as guests and passengers.
Douglass points out the irrationality of racial prejudice, noting that it is only in the U.S. that such discrimination is prevalent in public spaces.
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