The Miseducation of the Negro by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Blacks of his (Dr. Carter G Woodson) day were being culturally indoctrinated, rather than taught, in American schools.
The-Mis-education-Of-The-Negro (chapter 3) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
You might study the history as it was offered in our system from the elementary school throughout the university, and you would never hear Africa mentioned except in the negative. You would never thereby learn that Africans first domesticated the sheep, goat, and cow. developed the idea of trial by jury, produced the first string instruments, and gave the world it's greatest boon in the discovery of Iron.
The Mis-Education of the Negro (Chapter 6) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
"While serving as the avenue for the oppressors propaganda, the Negro church although doing some good, has prevented the union of some diverse elements and has kept the race too weak to overcome foes who have purposely taught Negros how to quarrel and fight about trifles until their enemies can overcome them." - Dr. Carter G. Woodson
The-Mis-education-Of-The-Negro (chapter 9) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Having the stamp of science, the thought of these polemics was accepted in all seats of learning. These rewriters of history fearlessly contended that slavery was a benevolent institution: the masters loved their slaves and treated them humanely; the abolitionists meddled with the institution which the masters would have eventually modified: the Civil War brought about by "fanatics" like William Lloyd Garrison and John Brown was unnecessary; ..." Dr. Carter G. Woodson
THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO (Chapter 10) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Denied participation in the higher things of life, the "educated" Negro himself joins, too, with ill-designing persons to handicap his people by systematized exploitation. Feeling that the case of the Negro is hopeless, the "educated" Negro decides upon the course of personally profiting by whatever he can do in using these people as a means to an end. He grins in their faces while "extracting money" from them, but his heart shows no fond attachment to their despised cause.
THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO (Chapter 11) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
If we can finally succeed in translating the idea of leadership into that of service, we may soon find it possible to lift the Negro to a higher level. Under leadership we have come into the ghetto: by service within the ranks we may work our way out of it. Under leadership we have been constrained to do the biddings of others; by service we may work out a program in the light of our own circumstances
THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO (Chapter 12) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
The servant of the people, unlike the leader, is not ... trying to carry them to some designated point to which he would like to go for his own advantage. The servant of the people is down among us, living as they live, doing what they do and enjoying what they enjoy. He may be a little better informed than some other members of the group; ..., but in spite of this advantage he should have more humility than those whom he serves,... "Whosoever is greatest among you, let him be your servant."
THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO (Chapter 13) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
A Negro with sufficient thought to construct a program ... is undesirable, and the educational systems ... generally refuse to work through 'them' in promoting their cause. The program for the uplift of the Negroes ... must be handed over to an executive force , and they must carry it out .... Although the Negro is being ... forced ... by segregation into a world peculiarly his own, his ... perplexing status is given little or no thought, and he is not considered capable of thinking for himself.
THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO (Chapter 14) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
In theology, literature, social science, and education, however, radical reconstruction is necessary. The old worn-out theories as to man's relation to God and his fellowman, the system of thought which has permitted one man to exploit, oppress, and exterminate another and still be regarded as righteous must be discarded for the new thought of men as brethren and the idea of God as the lover of all mankind. ~Dr. Carter G. Woodson
THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO (Chapter 16) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Negroes, too, should undergo systematic training for those professions in which they have shown special aptitude as in the arts. They must not wait for the Americans to approve of their plunging into unknown spheres. The world is not circumscribed by the United States, and the Negro must become a pioneer in making use of a larger portion of the universe.