| The Mis-Education of the Negro Contributor(s): Woodson, Carter Godwin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1614278296 ISBN-13: 9781614278290 Publisher: Martino Fine Books OUR PRICE: $5.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Multicultural Education - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Literary Collections | African |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.80 lbs) 234 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2015 Reprint of 1933 Edition. Full Facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The most imperative and crucial element in Woodson's concept of "Mis-Education" hinged on the education system's failure to present authentic Negro History in schools and the bitter knowledge that there was a scarcity of literature available for such a purpose, because most history books gave little or no space to the black man's presence in America. Some of them contained casual references to Negroes but these generally depicted them in menial, subordinate roles, more or less sub-human. Such books stressed their good fortune at having been exposed, through slavery, to the higher (white man's) civilization. There were included derogatory statements relating to the primitive, heathenish quality of the African background, but nothing denoting skills, abilities, contributions or potential in the image of the Blacks, in Africa or America. Woodson considered this state of affairs deplorable, an American tragedy, dooming the Negro to a brain-washed acceptance of the inferior role assigned to him by the dominant race, and absorbed by him through his schooling. |
