Why Did Dewey Create Public Libraries?

The Dewey decimal system was created by John Dewey in 1876. It is deeply tied to his beliefs about hierarchy and how knowledge should be organized. Religions, Dewey associated with people of color, ended up with way less space than the real faith. There's a section in the 200s just for black people. In fact, everything about African religion of Haitians in Haiti can be fit into 299.6097294.