Washington and Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington are two great black American leaders of the 19 and 20th centuries. The two leaders had a sharp disagreement about the black progress economically. These opposing philosophies are found in many current discussions relating to how to end racial discrimination and social classes in society. Booker T Washington mainly focuses on the philosophy of accommodation, racial solidarity, and self-help. Washington’s philosophy, therefore, urges people in the black community to currently accept their current situation but, in the meantime, work toward achieving their freedom.
W.E.B. Du Bois, on the other hand, discusses the back progress based on white oppression as the main concept. The philosophy as therefore advocated for a civil rights agenda and political action in solving the existing black oppression in the society. Du Bois believes that social progress can be achieved through the creation of a group of well-educated black students. This technique, therefore, aims at meeting the black economic growth through the use of the preceding method. Du Bois’s philosophy thus primarily advocates for civil rights movements in an attempt to deal with the black American discrimination and the social discrimination issue. The article’s thus submitted issues relating to the discrimination of the blacks in American society.
Many comparisons can also be drawn concerning the two ideologies. Washington reveals the reconciliatory approach in achieving different civil rights for the black community. In contrast, Du Bois, on the other hand, believed that the only way to achieve equality was through civil rights advocating and education of the blacks. Despite these similarities, both of these ideologies have played a useful role in terms of dealing with the black’s fight for racial progress in the society