The Souls Of Black Folk Essay
The Souls of Black Folk
In the book, The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Du Bois illustrates the problems African Americans faced during the twentieth century. This was such an eye opener story to most readers influenced by his words no matter what your race you are, black or white. Du Bois says, the “problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line.”( Du Bois 9) This thought and idea is shown throughout the entire book. What Du Bois is directing this toward is the time after the Civil War and how divided the country was. The “color line” divided the whites and blacks and the discrimination blacks in this time was a vast issue. Du Bois portrays the storyline of the challenges he faced and overcame in the American culture. …show more content…
He expressions his emotions saying that all African Americans live under a “vail” because the world around them see them differently compared to white individuals. The term “double-consciousness” was described as himself. De Bois consciousness was divided into two parts, one part living under the “vail” and the second part believing that he was in the human race. He faced his “double consciousness” when a Southern girl refused to exchange a visiting card with him. It sadly dawned upon him that he was different from others and shut out by the world ( Du Bois 3). The economical and political problems faced by African Americans is when slaves worked for no money and still continued after Emancipation when slaves worked for a small portion of money. Even “free” black people had to show that they were still content with white people and any sort of wealth is still not an option and looked down upon by the white man. The political problem African Americans faced was not being able to vote, everything was segregated and the town had little education. It was not even possible for Black America to rebuild because they had little to no
In the book, The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Du Bois illustrates the problems African Americans faced during the twentieth century. This was such an eye opener story to most readers influenced by his words no matter what your race you are, black or white. Du Bois says, the “problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line.”( Du Bois 9) This thought and idea is shown throughout the entire book. What Du Bois is directing this toward is the time after the Civil War and how divided the country was. The “color line” divided the whites and blacks and the discrimination blacks in this time was a vast issue. Du Bois portrays the storyline of the challenges he faced and overcame in the American culture. …show more content…
He expressions his emotions saying that all African Americans live under a “vail” because the world around them see them differently compared to white individuals. The term “double-consciousness” was described as himself. De Bois consciousness was divided into two parts, one part living under the “vail” and the second part believing that he was in the human race. He faced his “double consciousness” when a Southern girl refused to exchange a visiting card with him. It sadly dawned upon him that he was different from others and shut out by the world ( Du Bois 3). The economical and political problems faced by African Americans is when slaves worked for no money and still continued after Emancipation when slaves worked for a small portion of money. Even “free” black people had to show that they were still content with white people and any sort of wealth is still not an option and looked down upon by the white man. The political problem African Americans faced was not being able to vote, everything was segregated and the town had little education. It was not even possible for Black America to rebuild because they had little to no