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    W.E.B. Du Bois was born in 1868‚ only a few short years after the 13th Amendment was passed in December of 1865. Du Bois was not born into slavery; however‚ he did experience discrimination. Even though Du Bois understands that there was a veil when he was young‚ he wasn’t made aware of how prevalent the “veil” and “double consciousness” were among his race until he traveled South to attend Fisk University‚ located in Nashville‚ Tennessee. From the Souls of Black Folks is a collection of essays written

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    Final Exam Charlotte Perkins Gilman and W.E.B. Du Bois both focus on the inequalities faced by certain individuals based on their social characteristics. For Gilman‚ she was concerned with the political and economic foundation in which gender inequality is built upon‚ the reinforcing of gender inequalities through different socialization patterns‚ and evolutionary benefits inherent in one’s gender classification (Edles and Appelrouth 2010:225). She took a Marxist approach toward explaining

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    In W.E.B. Dubois’ Souls of Black Folks in there is much written concerning the social position of African Americans in America and what that means from an internal perspective in chapter Of Our Spiritual Strivings. This piece was written in 1903‚ which would’ve placed Dubois in the era of Jim Crow law in the U.S. ;thus making it that this work was written in order to not only encourage African Americans‚ but also inform those who were ignorant to the African American experience. The primary point

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    In Of Our Spiritual Strivings‚ the two main messages that WEB DuBois has to share are of the dangers of double-consciousness and the idea that a Veil exists between White America and African America. He first realized this when he was at school and they were passing around visiting cards and one girl refused to give him a card‚ simply because of his skin color. He realized at that moment that there was a vast veil between white and black America. However I found it interesting that he had no desire

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    of the period‚ Booker T. Washington‚ who‚ preaching a philosophy of accommodation‚ urged blacks to accept discrimination for the time being and elevate themselves through hard work and economic gain‚ thus winning the respect of the whites. In 1903‚ in his famous book The Souls of Black Folk‚ Du Bois charged that Washington’s strategy‚ rather than freeing the black man from oppression‚ would serve only to perpetuate it. This attack crystallized the opposition to Booker T. Washington among many black

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    Through the writing of W.E.B DuBois in The Souls of Black Folk‚ the double life of an African American is uncovered. Dubois’ writing tells his readers that the life of an African American. Throughout most of DuBois childhood he was thrown around‚ disrespected‚ and unwanted. Instead of letting his circumstances get the best of him he created a life that would empower him and made the best out of his circumstances. DuBois specifically did this through getting an education because an education is something

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    In W.E.B. DuBois’ reading‚ "Of Our Spiritual Strivings‚" the term "double-aimed struggle" is used to describe the hardship the black community was dealt with. Racism created disunity in America. DuBois’ called upon individuals to draw their “strength” to escape this diversity. African Americans struggled to assimilate to American society while trying to maintain their own unique traditions and cultures. DuBois’ wanted African Americans to have freedom and opportunity for education without losing

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    Washington vs. DuBois Approach for 1877-1915 On January 1‚ 1863‚ the United States’ Negro population was proclaimed “henceforth and forever free” according to President Abraham Lincoln’s establishment of the Emancipation Proclamation. However‚ years after its release‚ the Negro population was still mistreated. After the Civil War‚ white southerners were relentless in establishing themselves as the superior race. The newly implemented Black Codes restricted African Americans’ of their new freedom

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    I have been asked to correct my only non-White feature. There is something not quite right about me in the eyes of other Whites. The sociologically theory that other researchers have used to describe White privilege is social conflict by W.E.B. Dubois. “But the facing of so vast a prejudice could not but bring the inevitable self-questioning‚ self-disparagement‚ and lowering of ideals which ever accompany repression and breed in an atmosphere of

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    americans to have the right to vote. The second thing he wanted was that color discrimination was unacceptable. His last idea that he wanted for african americans is that he wanted young african americans to have the same education as white boys. Booker T Washington was born a slave in Virginia‚ who accepted the fact that it was going to take time to get equality for african americans to get freedom for african americans. He knew that for the

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