Answer to Question #292518 in History for kay

Question

What might have been a flaw in W.E.B. Du Bois's program for the Talented Tenth when he proposed the term in 1903?

Answer 1

The program was flawed first because it only empowered a few elites leaving behind the rest of black Americans. Secondly it undermined the ambitions of the selected few since they had to shelf their personal interest to provide African leadership.