Nice thread. Carter G was definately a pioneer and is one of the most undervalued Afro-American leaders.
''Mis-education of the Negro'' is one of my favorite books. The fact that practically everything written in a book from 1933 is still relevant today is a disgrace!
Here are a few of my favorite quotes from the book:
- When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his ''proper place'' and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary.
- We need workers, not leaders. Such workers will solve the problems which race leaders talk about.
- The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them and die for them.
- If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.
- One should rely on protest only when it is supported by a constructive program.
- The Negro will never be able to show all his originality as long as his efforts are are directed from without by those who socially proscribe him. Such ''friends'' will unconsciously keep him in the ghetto.
- The lack of confidence of the Negro in himself and in his possibilities is what has kept him down. His mis-education has been a perfect success in this respect.
Again, nice thread.