“Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.” W. E. B. Dubois born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts (Collins and Makowsky, 2010, pg. 169), was “a pioneer in service learning, policy and public sociology, and the utilization of methodological triangulation” (Wortham, 2005). He is considered “one of the founding figures in American sociology” due to his application of the scientific methods in sociology (Wortham, 2005). The Negro Church, where he looked into African Americans church membership, the amount of school age children attending church, and look at what it means to be involve with a religion. However, one of Du Bois most notable work would have to
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Du Bois created concept like the “Talented Tenth,” where “a trained minority was necessary to provide the service and leadership for mass advance,” and the Niagra Movement that “made aggressive and unconditional demands for the same civil rights enjoyed by all Americans” (Collins and Makowsky, 2010, pg. 173). These paved ways for people and organizations like Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcom X, CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), Urban League, Black Panther, and for American to have its first African American president (Collins and Makowsky, 2010, pg. 175)! Nonetheless, every step the African Americans take forward, they are being pushed back ten; college educated African Americans are more likely to be discriminated than non-college educated African Americans. Even though, a college degree promised to advance one’s social and financial status, that seems not to be the case for Blacks. Every part of their lives is challenging: from achieving their dreams of going to college, being able to finish college when everyone keeps telling them they can’t, then onto the challenges of getting hired once they graduate. Past researches have shown that as education rate increases, crime rate decreases, yet how come most …show more content…
E. B. Dubois is one of the originals in sociology. He preceded Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcom X, groups like Black Panther, NAACP, and so on and so forth. His emphasis for education and leadership made African Americans more aware of their potentials, that they should demand for equality, to understand the political system and how to use it to the community’s advantage. Du Bois’ researches illuminate the endemic problem of racial injustices in America, yet the amount of ignorance, the public’s fear, and victim-blaming towards African Americans persists in 2016. Even when African Americans become doctors, lawyers, architects, or engineers, their intelligence is still undermined and are more likely to be discriminated against. They are always the one to be hired last but fired first. But maybe one day Du Bois’ dream of “transracial ‘human brotherhood’” (Collins and Makowsky, 2010, pg.
Du Bois created concept like the “Talented Tenth,” where “a trained minority was necessary to provide the service and leadership for mass advance,” and the Niagra Movement that “made aggressive and unconditional demands for the same civil rights enjoyed by all Americans” (Collins and Makowsky, 2010, pg. 173). These paved ways for people and organizations like Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcom X, CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), Urban League, Black Panther, and for American to have its first African American president (Collins and Makowsky, 2010, pg. 175)! Nonetheless, every step the African Americans take forward, they are being pushed back ten; college educated African Americans are more likely to be discriminated than non-college educated African Americans. Even though, a college degree promised to advance one’s social and financial status, that seems not to be the case for Blacks. Every part of their lives is challenging: from achieving their dreams of going to college, being able to finish college when everyone keeps telling them they can’t, then onto the challenges of getting hired once they graduate. Past researches have shown that as education rate increases, crime rate decreases, yet how come most …show more content…
E. B. Dubois is one of the originals in sociology. He preceded Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcom X, groups like Black Panther, NAACP, and so on and so forth. His emphasis for education and leadership made African Americans more aware of their potentials, that they should demand for equality, to understand the political system and how to use it to the community’s advantage. Du Bois’ researches illuminate the endemic problem of racial injustices in America, yet the amount of ignorance, the public’s fear, and victim-blaming towards African Americans persists in 2016. Even when African Americans become doctors, lawyers, architects, or engineers, their intelligence is still undermined and are more likely to be discriminated against. They are always the one to be hired last but fired first. But maybe one day Du Bois’ dream of “transracial ‘human brotherhood’” (Collins and Makowsky, 2010, pg.