Comments on: Frederick Douglass http://www.newclarion.com/2009/11/frederick-douglass/ Our mission is to combat the unreason and selflessness that are sweeping our culture from the nihilist left to the religious right, and to sound a new ideal of capitalism and individual rights in American politics. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://www.newclarion.com/2009/11/frederick-douglass/#comment-6567 Mike Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:15:30 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/2009/11/frederick-douglass/#comment-6567 Wait... am I misremembering my history here? Wasn't WEB du Bois the man who expected blacks and whites to be separate like fingers socially, but united like the hand under the law? While I'm sure that idea was audacious for its time, I'm not sure it's the line in the sand du Bois seems credited for drawing. Is it? Wait… am I misremembering my history here? Wasn’t WEB du Bois the man who expected blacks and whites to be separate like fingers socially, but united like the hand under the law? While I’m sure that idea was audacious for its time, I’m not sure it’s the line in the sand du Bois seems credited for drawing. Is it?

]]> By: Michael Labeit http://www.newclarion.com/2009/11/frederick-douglass/#comment-6559 Michael Labeit Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:37:43 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/2009/11/frederick-douglass/#comment-6559 Booker T. Washington is considered something of an "uncle Tom" by some black "intellectuals" today because his proposed method of escaping poverty lacked the political ambitiousness and acrimony of DuBois's method. Washington urged blacks to pursue economic power while DuBois lobbyed for more political power. Douglas and Washington deserve our admiration but DuBois's communism and sympathy for both Hitler and Stalin tell me everything I need to know about his judgment. Booker T. Washington is considered something of an “uncle Tom” by some black “intellectuals” today because his proposed method of escaping poverty lacked the political ambitiousness and acrimony of DuBois’s method. Washington urged blacks to pursue economic power while DuBois lobbyed for more political power.

Douglas and Washington deserve our admiration but DuBois’s communism and sympathy for both Hitler and Stalin tell me everything I need to know about his judgment.

]]> By: Beth Haynes http://www.newclarion.com/2009/11/frederick-douglass/#comment-6552 Beth Haynes Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:10:33 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/2009/11/frederick-douglass/#comment-6552 Myrhaf, Douglass is indeed and amazing man. In our current fight to hold on to and regain liberty within this country, I think we can learn much from men such as Douglass, Booker T. Washington and even W.E.B. du Bois. I wrote a post a while back on my discovery of the works of these three men. A book now on my shelves which I eagerly look forward to having the time to read is the biography of Douglass by B.T. Washington. Thank you for the reminder! Myrhaf,
Douglass is indeed and amazing man. In our current fight to hold on to and regain liberty within this country, I think we can learn much from men such as Douglass, Booker T. Washington and even W.E.B. du Bois. I wrote a post a while back on my discovery of the works of these three men. A book now on my shelves which I eagerly look forward to having the time to read is the biography of Douglass by B.T. Washington. Thank you for the reminder!

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