Question

There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. Booker T Washington, My Larger Education, Being Chapters from My Experience, 1911

Which of the following would be most likely to criticize Washington’s perspective?
a) A wealthy white philanthropist
b) A Progressive economic reformer
c) A support of a civil rights organization such as the N.A.A.C.P.

Answer 1

Considering the context of this was happening after the ending of slavery and its matters, the correct answer would be c) A support of a civil rights organization such as the N.A.A.C.P.

Because Washington was saying that some coloured people were making a living out of problems about Negro cause, as they were still talking about “troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race”, and he suggested at the time for the Negro to just give up their fight for civil and social rights in favor of the economy, but the country was suffering after abolition of slavery with related matters and was still marked with Negro segregation.