Booker T. Washington vs W.E.B. DuBois

Scholarly debate between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois

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Education

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• Booker T Washington
• DuBois

[joninjones11]

I will be the first to insist that you are wrong. The 'economic state' of the black american race is largely a by-product of ignoring booker t. washington. as simple as it can be stated, there is a vast difference between theory & practicality. had the race followed washington in lieu of dubois, our community would have solid economic foundation. other races in america gain economic independence first. had our ancestors set up businesses, learned 'real' skills, more of us could afford college.

[Leonmorgan85]

@joninjones11

I disagree. Because of the lack of protection by the law, successful black farms and businesses in the Jim Crow era were under constant attack by racist whites who wanted to keep blacks in subservient roles . So, our community would not have achieved economic independence.

[frankenpire87]

@joninjones11 When our ancestors did this, the entire city was bombed and destroyed. Ever heard of Black Wall Street?

[smoothcollected]

@MVPMichael83 wow this statement made makes it more logical that dubois was apart ot the boule

[smoothcollected]

@joninjones11 your right cause at the end of the day dubois was said to be a part of the boule which helped divde blacks and discredit those like marcus Garvey

[smoothcollected]

@Leonmorgan85 the same could be said about asians back in the day but they persevered

[smoothcollected]

@joninjones11 I totally f'n agree

[nevinreese]

How about combining both educational philosophies?

[damahco]

@Leonmorgan85

correction on two*

[damahco]

@Leonmorgan85

We then needed and still need a Liberal Education, and protection by the rule of law. Those to things will always make us un fit to be a slave. I believe we, as a black nation, follwed into Booker T's philosophy. Now we have everyone going to school for the sake of getting a job. Not many of us are thinkers or leaders. We believe to sole purpose of education was and is to get a job (work for someone eles) Liberal Education develop leaders not job seekers.

[joninjones11]

@rashadkijani

the larger point that i was trying make was that although racism was and still is real, it wouldn't have destroyed 20 black wall streets....no thief, i think would be able to successfully steal 20 cars from the same owner.

i reject that notion that "...blacks during that era didn't have any way to fight back..." i don't mean to be closed-minded or judgmental, but i do believe that booker t. washington's method was a better way to effectively fight back than w.e.b. dubois.

[joninjones11]

@rashadkijani

your argument is more theorectical than practical. yes, if you own 1 car and someone steals it, you have no car. but if you own 20 cars and someone steals 1, you steal have 19 remaining.... to get you where you need to go [PRACTICAL, yes..] What are the REAL chances that the same thief is going to come back and steal the other 19 cars? [not likely...] although it is possible for the 'thieves at large' to steal all twenty successfully, it isn't likely.