1/13/17
Per. 8
Washington vs. Du Bois
Major political figures of the time, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois both had drastically different views on how reconstruction should improve the life of blacks in the south. While Washington promotes a much more peaceful and smooth option, his plan is far too submissive and too closely resembles life as it was for blacks before to make change. The reason that I believe Du Bois offers the better plan for improvement is because it offers a much more progressive plan that enforces the rights of blacks and rejects their "alleged inferiority" as Washington's did not. Du Bois argues that is is not possible to effectively progress in society under economic lines if they are deprived of political rights and do not strive to improve themselves. Du Bois' plan also argues that the initiative of the richer and wiser black community will arouse encouragement for others to succeed. For these reasons, I believe W.E.B. Du Bois holds a much better plan for improvement.
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