The Talented Tenth & Dubois’ Fatal Flaw.
W.E.B Dubois was correct to conclude that the reestablishment of Black autonomy, power, and unity would come from a select and relatively small number of Africans who commit their lives (time, resources, and talents) to Black Liberation. The fatal flaw in his analysis was to assume that that select group would be made up of the Talented Tenth, the Black Bourgeoisie, Black people who embraced western education and culture, and thus would bring...