W.E.B. DuBois Critiques Booker T. Washington - 16 views
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Now in the past the American Negro has had instructive experience in the choosing of group leaders, founding thus a peculiar dynasty which in the light of present conditions is worth while studying.
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Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,
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I agree with W.E.B. We as a people do not take very seriously the thoughts of others. When people comment their honest thoughts to others. They can be seen as racist, or can be taken the wrong way. Honesty can go 2 ways, either it will make you stand out or it will take you down and be forgotten
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Now in the past the American Negro has had instructive experience in the choosing of group leaders, founding thus a peculiar dynasty which in the light of present conditions is worth while studying.
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It is interesting how this stands out to me. A black nation has developed for itself. I mean, it created its own culture leaders. religion etc. At the end it is important to find more about how they did that and why. because i think it is "worth studying"
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To-day even the attitude of the Southern whites toward the blacks is not, as so many assume, in all cases the same; the ignorant Southerner hates the Negro, the workingmen fear his competition, the money-makers wish to use him as a laborer, some of the educated see a menace in his upward development, while others—usually the sons of the masters—wish to help him to rise.
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I never thought that even today "white folks" still see "Negroes" the way they used to be seen before. Just because their skin color is different does not make them slaves. However, I do understand the fact that during the Atlantic Slave Trade, black meant slave. But that doesn't mean anything. If it wasn't for slavery, none of the 13 colonies, the white house, the declaration of independence, the US would exist.
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