Philosophies of W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington in their Contradictory Views

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Introduction
This paper seeks to examine the philosophies of W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington in their contradictory views. Booker T. Washington was a spokesman before the white audience in a Cotton and International Exposition that took place in Atlanta (Louis, 1974). According to sources, his compromise address in Atlanta was considered one of the influential speeches in the history of America. On the other hand, W.E.B Dubois stands as one of the influential critique of Booker T. Washington's policies in regards to racial gradualism and accommodation in 1903.
DuBois critically disagreed with the views of Washington's attempts to avoid astounding the racial boat, an element that saw him advocate for the insistence on civil rights, the gain for political power and the pursuit for higher education for the Negro youths in America(Louis, 1974).In my view, both of these two men's personal experiences played a central role in guiding their conscientiousness in adopting the strategies they advocated for in the United States with the aim of uplifting the black people economically, politically and socially. It is upon this background that the views of these two leaders clashed.
Jim Crow System and Its Effects on the American Society and Americans
According to the author of this material, during the reign of Jim Crown system, the Africans sought for freedom when the attempts to leadership were overtaken with the ill motives of revolt and revenge. During this period, the state laws were passed in the South that enacted different rules for the whites and the blacks (Louis, 1974). It is, therefore, essential to note that the Jim Crow systems were primarily based on white supremacy, a factor that created reactions to the reconstruction. In this, the whites who feared to lose their jobs to the blacks resorted to racism.
As a result of this, the black community survived in building its new identity in America in spite of the underprivileged living conditions. During this period, the black community still lacked to have control over their own economy and the achievement of a political voice (Louis, 1974). The black community earned a living by engaging in low-wage jobs from the whites, a factor that saw Booker T. seeking for an inclusion of interest between the two communities, the white and the black for mutual progress.
Booker T. gives an illusion of this when he states in the congress that the black race has proved their loyalty to the white race over the past by nursing their children, watching their parents in their sick beds and following them in tears to their graves and purports that they will stand to devote to them as before (Louis, 1974). It is also essential to note that the black community was apparently denied some of their rights such as the political power, the right to gain education for the Negro youths, and the right to exercise their civil rights. However, the liberation propensities during this eighteenth century brought along with it a kind relationship between the blacks and the whites including the thoughts of assimilation and adjustment.
Dubois and Washington's Understanding of the White Supremacy
It is essential to determine the fact that...