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Booker T. Washington: “Don't go home and feel ashamed of your parents because you think they don't know as much as you think you know.”

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Don't go home and feel ashamed of your parents because you think they don't know as much as you think you know.
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Booker T. Washington

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Washington encourages respect for one's parents and discourages feelings of shame based on education.

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