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Quotes from The Mis-Education of the Negro — Carter G. Woodson

1875–1950 United States

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The chief reason why so many give such a little attention to the background of the Negro is the belief that this study is unimportant.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with this interpretation of the crimes of the strong.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

The average Negro has not been sufficiently mis-educated to become hopeless.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

History does not furnish a case of the elevation of a people by ignoring the thought and aspiration of the people thus served.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

The educational system as it has developed both in Europe and America an antiquated process which does not hit the mark even in the case of the needs of the white man himself.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

This shameful status of higher education is due in a large measure to low standards of institutions with a tendency toward the diplomamill procure. TO get a job or to hold one you ho in and stay until they "grind" you out a "darkter's 'gree." And you do not have to worry any further. The assumption is that almost any school will be glad to have you thereafter, and you will receive a large salary.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

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