W.E.B. Du Bois, born in February 23, 1863, in Great Barrington Massachusetts.He was married in 1896, to Nina Gomes. He was an American Sociologist, a Historian, a Civil Rights Activist (which is a political leader involved in the movement of securing an equal opportunity for lower class or minority groups of people), Pan-Africanist (someone who encourages the unity of individuals and groups of Africans worldwide), Author, and Editor.He believed that unity within individuals and groups was vital to economic, social, and political progresses. He achieved much in his lifetime such as being the first African American to receive a Ph.D from Harvard in 1896, he won a gold medal for his exhibit on achievements of Black Americans in the 1900’s, in
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Du Bois writing of the short story, “On Being Crazy”, he wrote with the theme of racism to reach out to all of mankind, spreading his ideals on the equality of people, and of the ignorance in racism. He does this by describing a black man and his struggles while trying to get by, in life. This black man did not ask for equality or kindness, he asked for simple things such as listening to a symphony of music, in doing this a white woman coldly stated she didn 't want the black man near. While comprehending the scrutiny of this white woman, he kindly, but blandly explains that he is not there to upset anyone, but to listen to the symphony, and that he did not think something that he wanted would be unwanting of him. Moving on from the theatre, the black man went to find a place to rest at a hotel he’d sent his bags to. The clerk tried to dignify the black man asking for such a thing, was him asking for equality; which in the white clerk man 's eyes was not alright, because he was racist; or against African Americans, but the black man was only asking for a place to rest, not equality. Dissatisfied with the town that he was being disrespected and misunderstood in, the black man tried to catch a train hopeful for a place to sleep, but here too he was misunderstood for “social equality”. Then because he couldn 't catch a train, and he couldn 't stay in a hotel, he decided to walk. While walking he noticed a white wayfarer man had crossed over to the muddy side of the …show more content…
In this time black men and women were discriminated, put down for their beliefs, of wanting a future of an equality or a neutralism between themselves and white people. Many white people in this time believed they were more clean, civilized, and that they deserved superiority over black people in politics, economically, and to socially rule black people, all for the reason of their color. All black people wanted was to be able to do simple things that any human being should be able to do. Things such as sit on a bench, eat food, watch a symphony, rent a hotel room, and to ride a train.They were not asking to be superior to white people, they were not asking for white people to like them, they were just asking for white people to give them the right to get by like any other human
Du Bois writing of the short story, “On Being Crazy”, he wrote with the theme of racism to reach out to all of mankind, spreading his ideals on the equality of people, and of the ignorance in racism. He does this by describing a black man and his struggles while trying to get by, in life. This black man did not ask for equality or kindness, he asked for simple things such as listening to a symphony of music, in doing this a white woman coldly stated she didn 't want the black man near. While comprehending the scrutiny of this white woman, he kindly, but blandly explains that he is not there to upset anyone, but to listen to the symphony, and that he did not think something that he wanted would be unwanting of him. Moving on from the theatre, the black man went to find a place to rest at a hotel he’d sent his bags to. The clerk tried to dignify the black man asking for such a thing, was him asking for equality; which in the white clerk man 's eyes was not alright, because he was racist; or against African Americans, but the black man was only asking for a place to rest, not equality. Dissatisfied with the town that he was being disrespected and misunderstood in, the black man tried to catch a train hopeful for a place to sleep, but here too he was misunderstood for “social equality”. Then because he couldn 't catch a train, and he couldn 't stay in a hotel, he decided to walk. While walking he noticed a white wayfarer man had crossed over to the muddy side of the …show more content…
In this time black men and women were discriminated, put down for their beliefs, of wanting a future of an equality or a neutralism between themselves and white people. Many white people in this time believed they were more clean, civilized, and that they deserved superiority over black people in politics, economically, and to socially rule black people, all for the reason of their color. All black people wanted was to be able to do simple things that any human being should be able to do. Things such as sit on a bench, eat food, watch a symphony, rent a hotel room, and to ride a train.They were not asking to be superior to white people, they were not asking for white people to like them, they were just asking for white people to give them the right to get by like any other human