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W.E.B. Du Bois: “From this attitude comes the multitude of our spoiled, wayward, disappointed children.”

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From this attitude comes the multitude of our spoiled, wayward, disappointed children.
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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Du Bois critiques the consequences of overindulgence on the development of children in a prejudiced society.

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