ch.17 sct.3 C.T.#5

W.E.B. Du Bois opposed Booker T. Washington's views on racial discrimination because Washington accomodated segregationists, blamed black poverty on blacks and urged them to accept discrimination, whereas Bois demanded immediate social and economic equality for blacks (p.531). So basically, Washington was like "Its our own fault we live bad lives and are poor. Suck it up!" whereas Bois believed all men were equal and should be TREATED that way. So Bois was probabaly mad that Washington could let whites just walk over them and even agree with them.