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was he inferring that the baby may be light or have white in him ? either way losing a child is not easy :((

The problem of the 20th century was the color line and the problem of the 21st century is THE SHADE ROOM!!

Confused on whether or not he’s against Christianity for Black people

page 130-131, “The laws are made by men who have little interest in him; they are executed by men who have absolutely no motive for treating the black people with courtesy or consideration; and, finally, the accused lawbreaker is tried, not by his peers, but too often by men who would rather punish ten innocent Negroes than let one guilty one escape.”

“of the wings of atalanta” is i think the most interesting and maybe also the most troubling essay ive read in this so far

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page 115, “The Negro dimly personifies in the white man all his ills and misfortunes…On the other hand, the masters and the masters’ sons have never been able to see why the Negro…are sulky, dissatisfied, and careless…”

I just finished the essay about booker t washington. I remember being in high school (where i was the only black student in my class) and our history teacher asked us to discuss whether we agreed more with booker t washington or WEB Du Bois and let me just say that i remember exactly who said what