Souls of Black Folk
Du Bois states “ How does it feel to be a ___?”
Problem
Unlike Marx, who focused on class struggles as a cause of division, Du Bois argued that what social division is “the problem of the twentieth century”?
The color line
Postulates were generated through ___ rather than empirical data.
armchair theorizing
The idea of Social Darwinism came from White American Sociology or Du Boisian Sociology?
White American Sociology
Du Bois realizes he was born with a ___
Veil
What were Du Bois's and Marx’s views on social movements?
That this kind of collective action was needed to create/cause social change
To ensure ____, whites constructed a race stratification.
white supremecy
Du Bois or White American Sociology: Modernity was a product of the African slave trade, centuries of slavery, and colonialism.
Du Bois
Du Bois states that “Whatever good may have come from these years of change, the shadow of deep disappointment rests upon the Negro people-” What is he referencing?
Systemic oppression embedded in the system even with the promise of emancipation
How do Du Bois’s and Marx’s definitions of the sense of self, or lack thereof, compare?
Marx's theory of alienation and division of labor
Du Bois’s theory of double consciousness
White sociology paid no attention to how systems of ___ interlocked and ____ social inequality.
Domination, reproduced
Du Bois or White American Sociology: White supremacy is a natural phenomenon, resistance of black people could not change it.
White American Sociology
Finish the quote: “To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor ___ in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.”
Race
Marx was largely embraced by the field of sociology, while Du Bois’s contributions were marginalized/erased. Why is that?
Racism; his ideas challenged white supremecy based ideologies
Du Bois rejected what claim about sociology in how it operates?
Sociology should be an aloof, detached science operating above social and political realities
Bottom-Up Sociology: Who came up with it and what is it?
Du Bois’s approach that examines society from the perspective of the oppressed rather than the elites.
What does Du Bois mean when he states “The History of the American Negro is the history of this strife–” Explain the context of this statement.
Long history of oppression, need to build upon self and create sense of identity, context of emancipation and need to advocate for systemic change
Compare what Du Bois and Marx believed capitalism was built on.
Marx believed capitalism was built on the exploitation of the proletariat/laborer by the bourgeoisie/elite
Du Bois believed capitalism was built on racism, colonialism, slavery, and Western expansion
The priorities of capitalists and white male professors converged resulting in what?
Institutionally and intellectually, white professors fell in line with capitalist interests in exchange for attractive professorships.
Name two of the postulates of Du Boisian Sociology
Modernity is the product of the African slave trade and capitalism
Racial inequality is socially constructed, not biological
The “color line” produces global race stratification
Double consciousness and racialized power in identity formation
Race, class, and gender are interconnected systems of domination
The agency of the oppressed and the importance of social movements