As the world is deriving and emerging in all the aspects, slavery and the inhumane treatment towards the blacks is still extant. This phenomena which was persistent in the late 19th and 20th centuries, was supported and bolstered by two colossal leaders of the era; Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. Though, the approach was different for each one and they disagreed on huge amount with each other’s strategies regarding the black education and civil rights; including the social, financial and the economic progress. The following content presents you the opposing and contrasting philosophies of Washington and Bois and their take on the “haves” and “have-nots” in the black community summing up as Washington supported evolution as Du Bois
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He also said that his methods are not as indirect and envious as one can say, as he funded for court cases and provided a stage to accommodate many realities in the segregation era. His eyes always reached out for blacks even in the hazardous situations which turned out to be very undesirable. Washington, unlike Du Bois knew that education is a weapon and when it transforms into major and powerful tool, once can use it in any way to establish a better future.
Putting myself in the shoes of a fervid supporter of blacks or a black himself, education and the equality are the two things that can keep a human sane and away from all the encroachment that can happen on their parts. So, to achieve commensurateness; one should never throw themselves seeking freedom in mere situations insisting that they can demand it voluntarily. Sure, getting ridiculed and belittled always will keep you disappointed; but it always is a mature approach to gain respect by self-improvement rather than self-destruction which will establish a manhood in the transforming
He also said that his methods are not as indirect and envious as one can say, as he funded for court cases and provided a stage to accommodate many realities in the segregation era. His eyes always reached out for blacks even in the hazardous situations which turned out to be very undesirable. Washington, unlike Du Bois knew that education is a weapon and when it transforms into major and powerful tool, once can use it in any way to establish a better future.
Putting myself in the shoes of a fervid supporter of blacks or a black himself, education and the equality are the two things that can keep a human sane and away from all the encroachment that can happen on their parts. So, to achieve commensurateness; one should never throw themselves seeking freedom in mere situations insisting that they can demand it voluntarily. Sure, getting ridiculed and belittled always will keep you disappointed; but it always is a mature approach to gain respect by self-improvement rather than self-destruction which will establish a manhood in the transforming