THE POWERS THAT BE
This topic explores some of the ways that the government might be involved in the weaponization of poverty.
It was W.E.B. Dubois, an American sociologist and pan-Africanist who proposed the concept of the Talented Tenth.
In this excerpt from his book, the Talented Tenth, he said:
“The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education then, among negroes, must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the best of this race, that they may guide the mass away from the contamination and death of the worst, within their race and other races.”
The concept of the Talented Tenth encourages elitism.
Meaning that a nation should be led by the best people within it.
This seems ideal in a democratic society, especially when elections are free and fair.
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