 Chapter 1 “The Seat Of The Trouble” in this chapter Dr. Carter Woodson explains how African Americans can feel out of place as they are subjected to despise themselves within the given educational system.He identifies how African Americans are often influenced to become a “good negro” in order to become successful, and this ideology urges them to downplay their “blackness” to advance in the social ladder, but being educated and moving up the social ladder does not eliminate one's blackness.This problem could possibly be avoided if African Americans had equal opportunity to learn about their culture and black history.