If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an effort would upset the program of the oppressor in Africa and America. Play up before the Negro, then, his crimes and shortcomings. Let him learn to admire the Hebrew, the Greek, the Latin and the Teuton. Lead the Negro to detest the man of African blood—to hate himself.


The Mis-Education of the Negro (ed. Courier Corporation, 2012) - ISBN: 9780486130927

Carter G. Woodson Quotes

If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an ...

If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an ...

If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an ...

If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an ...