Under it we have the double moral standard and the double legal standard operating throughout that section with a vengeance.
Archibald Henry Grimké: “Under it we have the double moral standard and the double legal standard operating throughout that section with a…”
Editor's note · Context
He emphasizes the prevalence of double standards in moral and legal judgments in the South.
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Not at all, for they are most important, but without the ballot they are impotent to give the relief so much needed in the South.
But to do this, to realize on their party promises and pledges to the people, they must have votes, not mere good will which can not translate itself into effective support on election day.
White and black party following with white leadership is therefore the only feasible proposition, which stands any show of success as a party of opposition in that section under existing conditions.
That colored men with the ballot should be rated in terms of the political game higher than other colored men who have it not, violates no rule of business ethics.