The African Americans are still shackled by their masters because they know nothing of the outside world and are not allowed the simplest of civil rights such as voting and education. Even if it is there, it exists with disenfranchisement and low budgets. Washington’s plan will just allow the bullies full authority over the victims with a smile and a welcome. Before they can achieve any sort of economic or political breakthrough they should advocate for rights and help to get there from the people who held them back from it in the first place. On the contrary, DuBois wanted a full on protest of all the prejudice realities of African Americans by demanding for equality without having to prove anything to anyone just because they were a different color than the white man. In ‘The Souls of Black Folk’, Du Bois
The African Americans are still shackled by their masters because they know nothing of the outside world and are not allowed the simplest of civil rights such as voting and education. Even if it is there, it exists with disenfranchisement and low budgets. Washington’s plan will just allow the bullies full authority over the victims with a smile and a welcome. Before they can achieve any sort of economic or political breakthrough they should advocate for rights and help to get there from the people who held them back from it in the first place. On the contrary, DuBois wanted a full on protest of all the prejudice realities of African Americans by demanding for equality without having to prove anything to anyone just because they were a different color than the white man. In ‘The Souls of Black Folk’, Du Bois