In The Souls of Black Folk through a series of 14 essays, W. E. B. Du Bois addresses and explains how African-Americans see the world differently because of the social injustices they have endured. This series explains why America was afraid of the African-Americans changing America to something more like Africa, how Americans tried to justify having African-Americans as slaves, and how Americans justify the idea of racial superiority. In The Souls of Black, Du Bois explains how African-Americans will never achieve ultimate freedom until racism is complete and utterly expunge from life by telling historical information that tells of what life was life right after slavery and how there is still racial prejudice through the comparison of
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Generation feel this way because of their social construct. Those who assessed what they were doing without taking into account their biased social construct, they realized that how they were thinking of others is not how they were meant to think. The average African-American day consist of going to a job there doesn’t pay well because he is black or just doesn’t pay well in general. On top of the lowlife job, he encounter constant and unnecessary racism.
It says in Acts, “Opening his mouth, Peter said: ‘I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him’” (New American Standard Bible, Acts 10:34-35). Partiality is an unfair bias favoritism of one thing or person compared with another. It was socially unacceptable to think that everyone is equal. One race was better than another. Whites showed partiality towards other whites for no reason.
It goes on to say in Romans 10, “For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; for ‘WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.’” (New American Standard Bible, Romans 10:12-13). This verse means that there is no superior race. Whites think that blacks are inferior which conflicts with this
Generation feel this way because of their social construct. Those who assessed what they were doing without taking into account their biased social construct, they realized that how they were thinking of others is not how they were meant to think. The average African-American day consist of going to a job there doesn’t pay well because he is black or just doesn’t pay well in general. On top of the lowlife job, he encounter constant and unnecessary racism.
It says in Acts, “Opening his mouth, Peter said: ‘I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him’” (New American Standard Bible, Acts 10:34-35). Partiality is an unfair bias favoritism of one thing or person compared with another. It was socially unacceptable to think that everyone is equal. One race was better than another. Whites showed partiality towards other whites for no reason.
It goes on to say in Romans 10, “For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; for ‘WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.’” (New American Standard Bible, Romans 10:12-13). This verse means that there is no superior race. Whites think that blacks are inferior which conflicts with this