Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior? Carter G. Woodson More Quotes by Carter G. Woodson More Quotes From Carter G. Woodson The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people. Carter G. Woodson majoritycollegepeople 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. Carter G. Woodson diversitydoeneeds The mere imparting of information is not education. Carter G. Woodson mereinformationeducation The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong. Carter G. Woodson crimestrongweak In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent. Carter G. Woodson runningattitudelong In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money. Carter G. Woodson confidencefactspeople Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains. Carter G. Woodson mountaingoldpast The present system under the control of the whites trains the Negro to be white and at the same time convinces him of the impropriety or the impossibility of his becoming white... the Negros will have no outlet but to go down a blind alley, if the sort of education which they are now receiving is to enable them to find the way out of their present difficulties. Carter G. Woodson receivingwhiteway When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. Carter G. Woodson worrymenthinking What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice. Carter G. Woodson hateracereligious It may be well to repeat here the saying that old men talk of what they have done, young men of what they are doing, and fools of what they expect to do. The Negro race has a rather large share of the last mentioned class. Carter G. Woodson raceclassmen At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do. Carter G. Woodson taughtblackmoments The race needs workers, not leaders. Carter G. Woodson leaderraceneeds This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom. Carter G. Woodson lynchingimportantwould-be In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic debasement of the Negro at times almost to the point of starvation. Carter G. Woodson taughtblackschool They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately to pool their earnings and organize industries to participate in supplying social and economic demands. Carter G. Woodson demandmoneyneeds The bondage of the Negro brought captive from Africa is one of the greatest dramas in history, and the writer who merely sees in that ordeal something to approve or condemn fails to understand the evolution of the human race. Carter G. Woodson evolutionracedrama And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race. Carter G. Woodson african-americanracehistory I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a lawsuit. It would do the cause much good. Let us banish fear. We have been in this mental state for three centuries. I am a radical. I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me. Carter G. Woodson bravewhitemen If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but the Negro, so far as he is able, should develop and carry out a program of his own. Carter G. Woodson white-manwantmen
