miércoles, 30 de abril de 2014

El odio es un estorbo en el camino del éxito... / Hate is an obstacle in the way of success…

"Hace ya hace mucho tiempo que decidí que no iba a permitir que ningún hombre, sin importar cual fuera su color, estrechara o degradara mi alma haciéndome odiarlo."

"It is now long ago that I resolved that I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him."

Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington (5 de abril de 1856, 1858 ó 1859 - 14 de noviembre de 1915) Fue un educador, orador, cohesor y líder de la comunidad negra estadounidense. Fue liberado de la esclavitud en su infancia, y tras desempeñar varios trabajos de poca relevancia en Virginia Occidental se procuró una educación en el Instituto Hampton (Hampton Institute) y en el Seminario Wayland (Wayland Seminary). Con la recomendación en 1881 del fundador del Instituto Hampton, Samuel C. "Sam" Armstrong, fue designado como el primer líder del reciente Instituto Tuskegee (Tuskegee Institute) de Alabama, que, por entonces, era una universidad de formación del profesorado para negros.

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor to Republican presidents. He was the dominant leader in the African-American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915. Representative of the last generation of black American leaders born in slavery, he spoke on behalf of the large majority of blacks who lived in the South but had lost their ability to vote through disfranchisement by southern legislatures. Historians note that Washington, "advised, networked, cut deals, made threats, pressured, punished enemies, rewarded friends, greased palms, manipulated the media, signed autographs, read minds with the skill of a master psychologist, strategized, raised money, always knew where the camera was pointing, traveled with an entourage, waved the flag with patriotic speeches, and claimed to have no interest in partisan politics. In other words, he was an artful politician."