I personally enjoyed this piece because it displayed shocking wisdom. Instead of bashing whites and blaming white society for the troubles of the Negro race, which is very easy to do, Dubois urges Negroes to band together and organize into an entity that would be recognized and beneficial to society, specifically the American Negro Academy. I also liked how he denounced the argument that the biological differences of blacks are the reasons for their psychological differences from whites, and looked to social and historical factors. He argues for the nurture side in the Nature vs. Nurture debate. I think that this was a bold move seeing as most of society argued the nature side, saying that since you have black colored skin, you are naturally inferior. I believe Dubois was ahead of his time, but his ideas and writings, nonetheless, effectively gave hope for a better future for blacks.

I believe the other purpose of “The Conservation of Races” was to promote and support the American Negro Academy. Seeing as the essay was delivered in DuBois’ address at the founding meeting of the American Negro Academy and was published as one of the academy’s “occasional papers”, it is evident that the essay was used for the benefit of the academy. DuBois clearly outlines his desired fiel

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