Ida B. Wells Barnett was born into slavery on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. (Biography.com, 2017) Barnett’s childhood was filled with inequitable and agony. Throughout the 1800s, slavery was viewed as a normality by society to abase African Americans limiting their rights as human beings. Furthermore, Barnett was an active protester “where she brought international attention to the lynching of African-Americans.” (Blackpast.org, 2017) She fought for the rights of African-Americans and later constructed a theory relating racial appearance with Sociology. To add on, Barnett’s early years were difficult because she faced the tragedy of losing both of her parents by a yellow fever outbreak when she was sixteen leaving Barnett to
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It was difficult for people around her to take her seriously. Barnett was a woman, a former slave, and an African American which caused a burdensome for people to believe or respect her. In addition, Barnett was violently attacked by her identity that she often had to write her passionate work under a feigned name. (Anderson and Howard, 16) Although Barnett faced roadblocks throughout her life based on the color of her skin, she was able to construct a theory based upon racial identity. (Faculty.webster.edu, 2017) This theory is still used today in our society and it demonstrates a different perspective of the way certain concepts in our community …show more content…
society. A condition they variously label as repression, domination, suppression, despotism, subordination, subjugation, tyranny, and our American conflict. (Lengerman and Niebrugge-Brantley, 1998, p.161)." (Faculty.webster.edu, 2017) In short, her theory aligns with the social-conflict theory from Karl Marx. Barnett obtained four themes within her theory that includes: [her sense of her project and a method appropriate for this project], “her model of the social world”, “her theory of domination” and an alternative to her domination. (Faculty.webster.edu, 2017) In addition, her theory was also called “Black Feminism Sociology” (Faculty.webster.edu, 2017) because she focused more on the rights of African-Americans. Barnett wanted justice and equality for her racial identity and provided this theory to sociology so that us and future generations become educated on this certain concept. As an activist, Barnett used the sociological perspective in order to reveal the power of society that shapes the lives of individuals. By doing this, she was able to conclude her research on the way people in a community behave around different racial identities. In Barnett’s novel “Selected Works of Ida B. Wells-Barnett”, Barnett highlights the events of the lynching of African-Americans by stating, “Three young black men were dead, and their families and community were
It was difficult for people around her to take her seriously. Barnett was a woman, a former slave, and an African American which caused a burdensome for people to believe or respect her. In addition, Barnett was violently attacked by her identity that she often had to write her passionate work under a feigned name. (Anderson and Howard, 16) Although Barnett faced roadblocks throughout her life based on the color of her skin, she was able to construct a theory based upon racial identity. (Faculty.webster.edu, 2017) This theory is still used today in our society and it demonstrates a different perspective of the way certain concepts in our community …show more content…
society. A condition they variously label as repression, domination, suppression, despotism, subordination, subjugation, tyranny, and our American conflict. (Lengerman and Niebrugge-Brantley, 1998, p.161)." (Faculty.webster.edu, 2017) In short, her theory aligns with the social-conflict theory from Karl Marx. Barnett obtained four themes within her theory that includes: [her sense of her project and a method appropriate for this project], “her model of the social world”, “her theory of domination” and an alternative to her domination. (Faculty.webster.edu, 2017) In addition, her theory was also called “Black Feminism Sociology” (Faculty.webster.edu, 2017) because she focused more on the rights of African-Americans. Barnett wanted justice and equality for her racial identity and provided this theory to sociology so that us and future generations become educated on this certain concept. As an activist, Barnett used the sociological perspective in order to reveal the power of society that shapes the lives of individuals. By doing this, she was able to conclude her research on the way people in a community behave around different racial identities. In Barnett’s novel “Selected Works of Ida B. Wells-Barnett”, Barnett highlights the events of the lynching of African-Americans by stating, “Three young black men were dead, and their families and community were