Word: harlem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Jewish sponsorship of Negro entertainment, in Harlem and out, has tempted its greatest white patronage and brought stardom to many a colored entertainer...
...landlordship to the Negros is one of circumstance rather than design, for Harlem's color once was predominantly Jewish-white, and when the better Negro sought a better-than-slum home only the compassionate Jew would suffer him to rent such a domicile. The influx of all other Negroes soon forced the Jew out but into the housing business...
After presenting an excellent analysis of the Harlem riot, the writer declares that Harlem's unique assets are flagrantly exploited by whites; Jews own the successful colored bands, the Cotton Club, all Harlem's saloons, its brothels, its $50,000,000 a year policy game business . . . its markets and most of its real estate...
...implication is obvious. A reader in California, Illinois, Texas and any other State outside of New York can come to but one conclusion: The Jews are flagrantly exploiting Harlem and are solely responsible for its plight. Have you proof that Jews own all the saloons? Have you proof that Jews own all the brothels? When a statement of a derogatory and libelous nature is made, it must be backed by facts in order to show that the statement is not prompted by prejudice and malevolence...
...generalization on Harlem TIME erred in the following particulars: 1) Harlem saloons are owned and operated mainly by Italians, not Jews. 2) Prostitution in Harlem, disregarding ownership of property on which it takes place, is a business conducted chiefly by Negroes, not Jews...