On the record
You may say that it is impossible for us to grow and develop, to get positions of trust and responsibility that will pay good wages, simply because we are coloured.
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Booker T. Washington
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Editor's note · Context
Washington asserts that systemic barriers exist that hinder African Americans from achieving positions of trust and responsibility.
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