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Follow Up to Matt's Mind's "DuBois v Washington"

I agree with many of Matt's viewpoints on interpreting the differences and similarities between DuBois and Washington especially when considering DuBois's outsider standpoint when looking upon the institution of slavery since the torture was never forced upon him. I also agree with Washington stressing the need for individual changes amongst the newly freed slaves. However, Washington's argument doesn't seem to reverberate with as much power through me because the pride it takes in tilling a field should be placed secondary to securing political power and civil rights. DuBois pushed for these ideals because of the importance they played in everyday life. He was aware that securing these rights would allow that individual tilling a field to eventually rise to owning the land he worked. 
It feels as though Washington's docility is what allowed for the encroaching ways of racial repression to return in the south. Constant political pursuit and demand of civil progress may've prevented the social regression of the Compromise of 1877. 

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