EGL 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Teutons, Double Consciousness
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African americans are born with a double sort of identity. After the egyptian and indian, the greek and roman, the teuton and. Mongolian, the negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in the american world . Wants to be both a negro and american at the same time. The slaves saw slavery as an evil, and freedom as their savior. Yet even after emancipation, they are not truly free. Even as hopes of political freedom faded, blacks found hope in education, the ideal of. They feel their poverty and their isolation from the whites as if it"s a burden on their backs. Need to take the ideas of work, culture, and liberty together to unify the races. Mr. washington introduced a program of industrial education and conciliation of the. Has largely gained the respect of most people. Before 1750 - all leadership was driven by revolt and revenge.
