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Blacks In Dubois Theory The Veil
In Dubois theory The Veil he discusses a few things. One was that Blacks can not see themselves outside of what Whites think of them. The second thing was that Whites do not see Blacks as full Americans. This applies still in 2017. Jobs still would rather pick someone that is White to work for them rather than a Black person. Whites have a sense of inferiority when it comes to Blacks. Blacks even get paid less than Whites. Just in today's society they are more discrete about it.
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