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Which best describes W. E. B. Du Bois's opinion of Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist approach?
It was an important tool in ending segregation.
It reinforced segregation and discrimination.
It could work, if paired with more aggressive tactics.
It was an important tool in ending segregation.
It reinforced segregation and discrimination.
It could work, if paired with more aggressive tactics.
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It reinforced segregation and discrimination.
Du Bois argued that Washington’s accommodation—accepting vocational training and political subordination in exchange for economic opportunities—ceded civil and political rights and therefore perpetuated racial inequality (see Du Bois’s critique in The Souls of Black Folk).
Du Bois argued that Washington’s accommodation—accepting vocational training and political subordination in exchange for economic opportunities—ceded civil and political rights and therefore perpetuated racial inequality (see Du Bois’s critique in The Souls of Black Folk).
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