Gunnar Mydral, By W. E. B. Dubois

Common Assessment Essay
Over the course of history race relations have been handled in many ways. Some good some but all have changed according to that certain era or situation. The three different people were all from different time periods but all had the authority to write what they wrote. W.E.B. Dubois was born three years after slavery was abolished. I think this was one of the worst times for African American people because everyone was angry at the government for doing such a thing. Richard Wrights book was an autobiography that showed his time growing up and working in this time period. Gunnar Mydral did not personally experience life during this time. He studied racial relations and was born abroad and studied there. He took a more …show more content…
“It is thus the white majority group that naturally determines the Negro's "place." This shows his views on why they were treated the way they were. He is emotionally detached from the events because he wasn’t directly involved and wasn’t born and raised here. This allows for a more morally focused perspective. This does not mean he agreed with what the white people were doing to the blacks. This just meant his mind was much more open to ideas. He blamed these unfortunate events on the overall size of black people to the white. Overall the three authors all have one common belief that everyone should all be treated equally but there are some major differences between Dubois and Wright and Mydral. They are hard to notice just by reading my quotations but if you read the whole document of Mydral you get a very scientific way of looking at the problem. While Wright is on the most personal level with telling stories from his childhood and is rather enjoyable to read. Dubois lived through this era but is still detached in a way I’m sure he himself is not detached but his writing is he never goes to a personal level he just presents the