On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
They despise the submission and subserviency of the Southern Negroes, but offer no other means by which a poor and oppressed minority can exist side by side with its masters.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Editor's note · Context
This statement critiques those who condemn the survival strategies of Southern Black people without providing alternative means for an oppressed minority to coexist with their oppressors.
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