Nor does it require any fine-spun theories of racial differences to prove the necessity of such group training after the brains of the race have been knocked out by two hundred and fifty years of assiduous education in submission, carelessness, and stealing.
Du Bois argues that the need for specific training for Black laborers stems not from inherent racial differences, but from the destructive legacy of slavery.
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