The birth of upliftment in the black community
In the high words of famous actor Will Rogers, "We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others". After gaining freedom, African Americans struggled to bring themselves forward and be successful. Booker T. Washington, a scholar who taught at Tuskegee University, was the author of the "Atlanta Compromise" emphasized that a black man was only to be prepared to work. W.E.B. DuBois is a scholar who was the first African-American to graduate with a Ph.D. at Harvard University. He is the author of the text "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and others" disagreed with Washington 's central point of views for a thriving black community. Booker T. Washington and …show more content…
He indeed began to work at such a young age and learned a lot from these past experiences, however; he seemed to be judgmental of how achievable a black person can be. He stated, "We shall contribute to one-third to the business and industrial prosperity of the South" (Pg.574). Washington viewed this perspective towards blacks in that they must start working and be land owners by earning a place in society. However, with racial issues occurring no African American would have been able to succeed. On the contrary, DuBois argued, "it is utterly impossible, under modern competitive methods, for workingmen and property owners to defend their rights and exist without the right of suffrage" (Pg.699). The reality is that Washington 's idea was too theoretical. There are laws in the United States, and if the black community is just taught to work, then they will simply not be able to defend their themselves, which reflects modern days. Unless educated, then you will not be able to overcome legal …show more content…
Washington thought of another way of doing this by having a unity of two races, he stated: "Cast down your bucket, cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded" (Pg.573). He wanted to get two races to unite as a whole in helping the country become successful. However, realistically speaking the KKK was out at that time and many while people or even Law 's such as the Jim Crow laws merely prevented this from occurring. On the contrary, DuBois thought of something differently; he stated: "They do not expect to see the bias and prejudices of years disappear at the blast of a trumpet" (Pg.700). He was simply stating that no matter what you do there will always be a division among races. Furthermore, in modern day society we do in a sense have more unity as a country, but bias will always keep on existing and it is our responsibility to prevent this white oppression from developing by having equal rights among all
In the high words of famous actor Will Rogers, "We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others". After gaining freedom, African Americans struggled to bring themselves forward and be successful. Booker T. Washington, a scholar who taught at Tuskegee University, was the author of the "Atlanta Compromise" emphasized that a black man was only to be prepared to work. W.E.B. DuBois is a scholar who was the first African-American to graduate with a Ph.D. at Harvard University. He is the author of the text "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and others" disagreed with Washington 's central point of views for a thriving black community. Booker T. Washington and …show more content…
He indeed began to work at such a young age and learned a lot from these past experiences, however; he seemed to be judgmental of how achievable a black person can be. He stated, "We shall contribute to one-third to the business and industrial prosperity of the South" (Pg.574). Washington viewed this perspective towards blacks in that they must start working and be land owners by earning a place in society. However, with racial issues occurring no African American would have been able to succeed. On the contrary, DuBois argued, "it is utterly impossible, under modern competitive methods, for workingmen and property owners to defend their rights and exist without the right of suffrage" (Pg.699). The reality is that Washington 's idea was too theoretical. There are laws in the United States, and if the black community is just taught to work, then they will simply not be able to defend their themselves, which reflects modern days. Unless educated, then you will not be able to overcome legal …show more content…
Washington thought of another way of doing this by having a unity of two races, he stated: "Cast down your bucket, cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded" (Pg.573). He wanted to get two races to unite as a whole in helping the country become successful. However, realistically speaking the KKK was out at that time and many while people or even Law 's such as the Jim Crow laws merely prevented this from occurring. On the contrary, DuBois thought of something differently; he stated: "They do not expect to see the bias and prejudices of years disappear at the blast of a trumpet" (Pg.700). He was simply stating that no matter what you do there will always be a division among races. Furthermore, in modern day society we do in a sense have more unity as a country, but bias will always keep on existing and it is our responsibility to prevent this white oppression from developing by having equal rights among all