Those who constantly direct attention to the Negro youth’s moral weaknesses, and compare his advancement with that of white youths, do not consider the influence of the memories which cling about the old family homesteads.
Washington critiques those who unfairly judge Black youth's progress without acknowledging the historical disadvantages and lack of inherited family stability.
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