1. The disfranchisement of the Negro.
2. The legal creation of a distinct status of civil inferiority for the Negro.
3. The steady withdrawal of aid from institutions for the higher training of the Negro.
I assume that the above portion is what you were referring to when you asked us to analyze the triple paradox, and so I will give it my best shot. While the slaves are all at this point free, one of the first claims of Washington's is that the Negroes truly are an inferior race and are willing to be subservient to the Whites, just so long as they are able to get dome sort of educations. It is almost as if Washington is encouraging the kind of deep-seeded segregation that was about to become reality given a few more years. And then on top of that he goes on to propose "The steady withdrawal of aid from institutions for the higher training of the Negro," as said above. It is almost as if he is trying to put his race back as far a possible.. I suppose there is a method to the madness, but I can't say that I understand it. Also, as for the quote that talks about 'no race should be given rights if they aren't willing to fight for them' (or something like that), I support it. I think that this is true. I don't know that much about how things turned out for Booker yet in the end, but I would have definitely been fighting for what I believed in.
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