Read the excerpt from W.E.B. Du Bois’s 1906 address to the Niagara Movement:
"We want our children educated. ... We believe in work. We ourselves are workers, but we want our children to be trained as men, not as work-animals."
Which of the following best describes how the philosophy expressed in this excerpt contrasts with Booker T. Washington’s approach to African American advancement?
- It asserts that industrial education alone risks relegating African Americans to permanent subordinate status, arguing instead for a liberal arts curriculum that fosters political leadership.Cevap
- BIt rejects the need for manual labor and vocational training, claiming that economic self-sufficiency is irrelevant to achieving racial equality.
- CIt advocates for the total separation of Black and white educational institutions, opposing Washington’s integrationist goals for Southern schools.
- DIt proposes that higher education should be restricted to a wealthy elite to build economic capital, whereas Washington sought immediate suffrage for the working class.
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The statement describing how Du Bois's philosophy asserts that industrial education alone risks relegating African Americans to permanent subordinate status, arguing instead for a liberal arts curriculum that fosters political leadership.
The correct option is correct because the excerpt directly opposes the idea that African Americans should be trained solely as manual laborers or 'work-animals,' reflecting Du Bois's critique of Washington's heavy focus on vocational education. Du Bois argued that political leadership, civil rights advocacy, and intellectual development through a liberal arts education (the 'Talented Tenth') were essential to safeguard the race from subordination.
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The Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois debate focused on the balance between vocational training and higher education, as well as accommodation versus immediate civil and political agitation.
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