Beautiful letter from W.E.B. DuBois to his daughter Yolande
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Beautiful letter from W.E.B. DuBois to his daughter Yolande
Instead I continued to pursue exploring and entering slightly forbidden worlds to learn for the sake of advancing Black people.
What are your hopes for your daughter as you move forward with this journey? What do you want her to know about herself? What do you believe you can do to help? What would you like to change about how you help her fight her worries? What do you want to remember as you go forward?
Technology changes, but people don’t. The human touch will always matter. An earnest young person confidently making a case is as powerful today as a century ago. Maybe it is no longer possible to talk your way into an elite medical school. But you can still be your own best advocate. No one else can do it as well.