On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
I have also found that few things, if any, are capable of making one so blind and narrow as race prejudice.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgBooker T. Washington: “I have also found that few things, if any, are capable of making one so blind and narrow as race prejudice.”
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In his autobiography, Washington reflects on the profound intellectual and moral limitations imposed by racial prejudice.
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