Richard Henry Pratt Quote

The clash of ideas is not weakness.Truth reaches its place when tussling with error.

Richard Henry Pratt

The clash of ideas is not weakness.Truth reaches its place when tussling with error.

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About Richard Henry Pratt

Brigadier-General Richard Henry Pratt (December 6, 1840 – March 15, 1924) was a United States Army officer who founded the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania in 1879 and served as its longtime superintendent. Prior to this, Pratt supervised Native American prisoners of war held at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. He is known for using the phrase "kill the Indian, save the man" in reference to the ethos of the school and efforts to forcibly assimilate Native Americans into white American culture. Pratt is also associated with the first recorded use of the word "racism," which he used in 1902 to criticize racial segregation in the United States.