Analysis Of The Souls Of Black Folk By W. E. B Du Bois

W.E.B Du Bois was born William Edward Burghardt Du Bois. He was a historian, civil rights activist and a pan-africanist, wanting the bond between the people in the United Sattes of African descent to have a better bond. He wrote a book titled The Souls of Black Folk is a novel written in 1903. In the book he believes one of the biggest problems is the 20th century is the fact that there is a very prevalent color line. He describes when he first encountred racism as a child nd how it has shaped his outlook. He also uses many forms of symbolism. One of the mlst frequent terms used was the ideda of the “veil”. The “veil” he reguary metions in the book is a division of the realities of the whites and blacks. He believes whether you live in or …show more content…
The veil is is similar to the color line except for the fact that its in the mind of the poepke. He believes that the idea of the veil limits the opprotintiues of the african americans. He believes the veil allows the whites to build a racsit society as they believe what theyre doing it right. He beliuevs the veil is similar to tunnel and causes the white peopele to see thre afrucan americans as less than people and prevents them from seeimng them as less than human.He uses this concept with a cacophonus tone describing the difference between white america and black america. He describes the peopele on the inside of the veil as people that percieve the world thrigh a filter while those on the outside dont undertsnd the feeligns of the people on the inside. Americans on the iisde of the veil are able to undertsnd everyhting on the insde but long for to feel whats happening outside of it, which is the feeling of the double concuiness.Theyre trapped on the inside knmowing there no way out, knowing there more opprotunities on the outside that theyll never be able ti reach. Yet the people on the outside of the veil havd no idea what the people on the inside of they veoil are feeling, and theyll never have to expoerience it. Even thrigh this division there is still a mutual need for both parties, Du Bois touched on it saying “In all things purely social we can be as separate as the five fingers, and yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.” To conclude the people on the inside of the veil are being held back from countless opproitunities while the people on the outside of it will never undertsnd thre feleingof the people insode the the