Judge — May 27, 1882 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a late 19th-century satirical cartoon mocking racial discrimination in Boston. The scene depicts a Black man (identified as "a colored statesman") being refused accommodation at a hotel, with a sign reading "NO NIGGERS ACCOMMODATED IN THIS HOTEL BOSTON." The cartoon's title contains contradictory phrases—"A Colored Statesman at the Hub" versus "Not Yet a Man and a Brother"—highlighting the hypocrisy of treating Black individuals as political equals while denying them basic human dignity and services. The satire targets Boston's failure to practice the racial equality it nominally championed, particularly regarding a Black political figure. This reflects broader post-Reconstruction tensions over civil rights and racial integration in Northern cities.