The Mis-Education of The Negro Author: Carter G Woodson Narrator: Roderick Prior | Language: English | ISBN:
098454061X | Format: PDF
The Mis-Education of The Negro Description
This is the unprecedented Original, Unabridged Audio Edition of Carter G. Woodsons timeless classic now available for the first time in its entirety on this 4 CD Set. Originally released in 1933, The Mis-Education of the Negro continues to resonate today, raising questions that readers are still trying to answer. The impact of slavery on the Black psyche is explored and questions are raised about our education system, such as what and who African Americans are educated for, the difference between education and training, and which of these are African Americans receiving. As Mr. Woodson so eloquently states; When you control a mans thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his proper place and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary.
- Audio CD
- Publisher: Amentam L.L.C.; Original, Unabridged Edition edition (May 3, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 098454061X
- ISBN-13: 978-0984540617
- Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
This book ought to be required reading for every teacher, educator, administrator, and parents who intereact with children of African descent. Woodson's work helps us understand that African peoples are truely mis-educated. We largely receive an Eurocentric or White middle class, elitist education that by and large does not serve the needs of our communities. This mis-education creates a serious identity crisis on the part of African youth and it causes many Black "educated" middle class people to spend more time trying to reach the consumer American Dream rather than working toward a real self-determination agenda of African peoples. Thus it's of little suprise today that most African students never enroll in a course on African/African-American studies. In fact, these courses are becoming more rare in high school and colleges across the nation. Even with the current renaissance of Black literature in this country, the study of African/Black culture, politics, and spiritual life are rarely discussed. In Woodson's words: "Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better, but the instruction so far given Negroes [and still today] in colleges and universities [and elementary and secondary schools] has worked to the contrary. In most cases such graduates have merely increased the number of malcontents who offer no program for changing the undesiriable conditions about which they complain. " Woodson's book is clearly not out-dated. In fact, it reads as if it were published last year, instead of 1933. I would like to close this response to Woodson's work with another classic quote from him: "If you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action.
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