Journal for Washington

The reading for today is Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington. The title of the autobiography displays how far in life Washington managed to come just so that he could achieve his dreams of going to college. Yet while reading the story I notice how in truth Washington still had many obstacles to overcome even after many people would say he accomplished his goal. While going to give his speech Washington notes how perhaps many white folks were in attendance just to hope that Washington would make a fool of himself. In reading Washington, despite the obvious racism rampant around him, he exhibits a much less militaristic style of DuBois and I find this strange when one thinks about how Washington had been throw a lower upbringing than DuBois and perhaps had less to lose in his failure as an activist.