Jim Crow Era PHILOSOPHIES BOOKER T WASHINGTON PUT
Jim Crow Era PHILOSOPHIES: BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: “PUT YOUR BUCKET DOWN WHERE YOU ARE” (CONSERVATIVE APPROACH) W. E. B. DUBOIS: “ALL RIGHTS NOW”(RADICAL) SEE: EDMUND BURKE SLIDE IN ENLIGHTENMENT POWER POINT FOR CONSERVATIVE VS. RADICAL METHODS
Edmund Burke on 2 views toward correcting society’s flaws: �He observed two broad political stances: I Those grateful for the good in society and use it to address the bad in society w/ cautious incrementalism. � (in action: The Glorious Revolution and The American Revolution) �II Those outraged at the bad in society and eager to uproot it completely & start over. � (in action: The French Revolution and The Russian Revolution)
What African-Americans faced: � Social Darwinist evolutionary theory that suggested they were predisposed to vice (sex), crime(violence) and disease �Prevented from having guns to protect themselves. � See article/ homework/quiz on Ida Wells.
Who is who? Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Dubois
A comparison of B. T. W and W. E. B. : Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Dubois � Born a slave (compare to modern � Born free/middle class (compare conservatives who earned their way up in the Capitalist system) � Founds Tuskegee Institute for industrial and moral education (a tech school w/ethics). � Prove one is equal through hard work so can assimilate economically (but not socially yet) into white culture (Frederick Douglass also for assimilation) � Strive within Capitalism. (Gradual Social Mobility) � � to those Liberals who were born in an elite household) Wants the “talented tenth” (1/10) to get an elite education to lead other blacks. Preserve black culture (today’s multiculturalism) Believed Capitalism a cause of racism; therefore for *Socialism. – to not wait for mobility, but have government initiate it. *had spent time in Berlin, Germany in 1890 s and was imbued with Socialist ideas.
Historical examples where Economic success encouraged Social Change/Prevented Revolution: � 1. (500 B. C. )The Greek evolution toward democracy started with land reform. (See: “ 40 acres + mule”) � 2. (1770 s)John Adams’ statement to French: Below � 3. Scalawag’s hopes for the South same as Booker T. � 4. (1920)Women’s economic involvement during WWI leads to suffrage. � 5. (1947) Marshall Plan after WWII � 6. (1980 s)Deng Xiaoping’s economic freedoms in � Political freedoms were ATTEMPTED 1988 John Adams explains to “cultured” French that he must work so his children have luxury of culture. You tube title: John Adams on the Finer Arts https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=c. L 5 S 0 DIXk 2 M
. . Improve the economy; fix the social problems. . � 7. Ireland’s low taxes (12. 5%) attracted foreign capital, which created economic success and allowed for end of “THE TROUBLES” in 1990 s. � 8. Micro-lending in Africa for economic and social progress and to stop Jihad. �See homework: Beijing seeks a new “Silk Road” to fend off terrorism on its borders. � -if given a job opportunity (to impress girls? /later support a family) the hope is young men will not join terrorist groups.
With Booker T. ’s “Put your Bucket Down”. . improve the economy change society. . ? � 9. Barack Obama’s initiative to open trade with Cuba (2016) and potentially have economic progress lead to Democratic progress? (was the hope for China. . ) � 10. Personal examples: Washington Township parents become “NOUVEAU RICHE” so children move up in social/educational class. � (see also: Michael Rosenello I, II and III)
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