"The lack of confidence of the Negro in himself and in his possibilities is what has kept him down. His mis-education has been a perfect success in this respect."

Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

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"While serving his country he must serve within a special group. While being a good American, he must above all things be a “good Negro”; and to perform this definite function he must learn to stay in a “Negro’s place."

Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

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"We say, hold on to the real facts of history as they are, but complete such knowledge by studying also the history of races and nations which have been purposely ignored."

Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

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"From the teaching of science the Negro was likewise eliminated. The beginnings of science in various parts of the Orient were mentioned, but the Africans’ early advancement in this field was omitted."

Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

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"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."

Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

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"From literature the African was excluded altogether. He was not supposed to have expressed any thought worth knowing. The philosophy in the African proverbs and in the rich folklore of that continent was ignored to give preference to that developed on the distant shores of the Mediterranean."

Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

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"If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."

Carter G. Woodson

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"Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history."

Carter G. Woodson

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"The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong."

Carter Godwin Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

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"If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do."

Carter Godwin Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

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"If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself. If you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told; and if there is no back door, his very nature will demand one."

Carter Godwin Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

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During WWII, #CarterGWoodson supported the “Double V Campaign” for AAs- victory at home & victory abroad. He hoped that Black soldiers' loyalty & patriotism would “strengthen his case” for equality and first-class citizenship; it would undermine racist prejudices & earn respect.

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https://archive.org/details/proud-flesh-sylvia-wynter

PROUD FLESH Inter/Views: Sylvia Wynter by Greg Thomas; Sylvia Wynter

Topics #ProudFlesh, #SylviaWynter, #BlackStudies, #Heresy, #FrantzFanon, #CarterGWoodson, #WEBDuBois, #CondoleezzaRice, #TheBellCurve, #September11th, #Colonialism, #Marxism, #Feminism, #Humanism, #Consciousness, #interview

ProudFlesh: New Afrikan Journal of Culture, Politics and Consciousness, No. 4 (2006): Consciousness