Frederick Douglass: “They take from him the means of elevation and then reproach him with…”

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They take from him the means of elevation and then reproach him with inferiority.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass critiques the systemic oppression that undermines African Americans' potential while blaming them for their perceived inferiority.

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