... slaves on the exterior; on the inside however, they should be resentful of this fazade that they must uphold so that they do not betray themselves. These instructions play an important role in giving the narrator a foundation upon which he can generate his own set of beliefs and morals. The narrator does agree with his grandfather in that he must be ... 's beliefs. More specifically, he criticizes the optimistic social program of the black educator and writer Booker T. Washington. Although the narrator doesn't directly name Washington in the speech, his speech contained quotations from W...

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