Compare And Contrast W. E. B. Dubois And Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T.Washington were both influential men during the Civil Rights movement. Even though they were both extremely influential, they both had contrasting points of views on which actions to take when it comes to racial equality. Booker T. Washington believed social equality would happen over time when the African Americans became economically well built and powerful. W.E.B. DuBois thought that political and social equality was necessary, so he came up with the movements such as the Niagara movement to push for equality. DuBois and Washington were both African American leaders who wanted there to be racial equality among everyone. Washington was the type of man that believed that the African Americans had to work hard and
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Washington’s idea of economical equality before social equality makes sense to me because many of the African Americans at the time were poor and without jobs. Because of the racial issues, very few whites would even consider hiring an African American in their businesses. Washington’s idea and plan was to build a workplace built by the African Americans themselves so they could find work and get an education through his schooling. Through this idea, although the right to vote was important to Washington, it would not come first. So the political rights would not be taken care until the African Americans were economically accepted by the whites. However, DuBois considered the right to vote the most important thing and that it should be argued and fought for before anything else. He believed that the ¨Talented Tenth¨ which was a term made famous by DuBois in an article published in The Negro Problem in 1903. In the essay, Du Bois issues an argument for the higher education of African Americans. He claims “to attempt to establish any sort of a system of common and industrial school training, without first providing for the higher training of the very best teachers, is simply throwing your money at the winds.” Under the legal law, African Americans and Caucasians are equal. For example our current president is an African American. However, there will always be racial problems in society. I believe this to be true because even in today’s news, people hear about
Washington’s idea of economical equality before social equality makes sense to me because many of the African Americans at the time were poor and without jobs. Because of the racial issues, very few whites would even consider hiring an African American in their businesses. Washington’s idea and plan was to build a workplace built by the African Americans themselves so they could find work and get an education through his schooling. Through this idea, although the right to vote was important to Washington, it would not come first. So the political rights would not be taken care until the African Americans were economically accepted by the whites. However, DuBois considered the right to vote the most important thing and that it should be argued and fought for before anything else. He believed that the ¨Talented Tenth¨ which was a term made famous by DuBois in an article published in The Negro Problem in 1903. In the essay, Du Bois issues an argument for the higher education of African Americans. He claims “to attempt to establish any sort of a system of common and industrial school training, without first providing for the higher training of the very best teachers, is simply throwing your money at the winds.” Under the legal law, African Americans and Caucasians are equal. For example our current president is an African American. However, there will always be racial problems in society. I believe this to be true because even in today’s news, people hear about