Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Chapter 17-3: Critical Thinking # 5

Why dud W.E.B. Du Bois oppose Booker T. Washington's views on racial discrimination?

W.E.B. Du Bois opposed Booker T. Washington's views on racial discrimination because Booker T. Washington thought that African Americans should have a separate economy from the "whites". While Washington believed that segregation and black poverty was a blame on African Americans, W.E.B. Du Bois thought that African Americans deserved social and economic equality; it didn't matter that they were a different skin color. W.E.B. Du Bois opposed Washingtons views because he didn't think any less of African Americans. Instead of discriminating against African Americans because of their racial difference, W.E.B. Du Bois wanted to give every single person the same rights as the next guy.

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