Quote by Carter G. Woodson

The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples.

The so-called modern education, with all its defects, howeve

Summary

This quote suggests that modern education, despite its flaws, benefits everyone else more than it benefits the African American community. It implies that the education system was designed to cater to the needs of the oppressor rather than uplift the oppressed. The quote highlights the inherent inequality within the education system, reflecting a broader systemic injustice faced by marginalized communities.

Topics

By Carter G. Woodson

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Look to this day For it is life, the very life of life. For

Look to this day For it is life, the very life of life. For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow is only a vision But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness And tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day Such is the salutation of the dawn.

There is only one day left, always starting over: It is give

There is only one day left, always starting over: It is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.

Jean Paul Sartre

Inspirational Carpe Diem

Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.

Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.

I believe the best service to the child is the service close

I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect, abuse, or abandonment must not also be victims of bureaucracy. They deserve our devoted attention, not our divided attention.

I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm

I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body.

I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come i

I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it. and never

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it. and never destroy it.

Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its

Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its rhizome. Its true life is invisible, hidden in the rhizome. The part that appears above ground lasts only a single summer. What we see is the blossom, which passes. The rhizome remains.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an inv

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Robert A. Heinlein, from Time En

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when m

It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.

G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenb

The fear of God reigning in the heart is the beauty of the s

The fear of God reigning in the heart is the beauty of the soul.

Fear God Beauty