Rhetorical Strategies
Du Bois uses this mode of persuasion the most
What is pathos?
The use of political power, civil rights, and higher education to aid in the fight towards equality.
Who is Du Bois
Sense of two-ness: being both Black and American.
What is double consciousness?
“In 1898 the holdings were as follows: Under forty acres, forty nine families; forty to two hundred acres, seventeen families; two hundred fifty to one thousand acres, thirteen families; one thousand or more acres, two families. Now in 1890 there were forty-four holdings buy only nine of these were under forty acres.” (98)
What is logos?
Limitations on employment opportunities, property ownership, and education. Many whites argued that during this time period, Black individuals had the opportunity to "prove their worth", but only showed ignorance and crime.
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What is the South after Reconstruction?
The lack of intellectual commerce and separation between Blacks and Whites based on race.
What is the color line?
“Some day the Awakening will come, when the pent-up vigor of ten million souls shall sweep irresistibly toward the Goal…” (125)
What is kairos?
No state may abridge the privileges and immunities of any of its citizens or deny them due process of law or equal protection of the laws....
What is the 14th amendment?
Advocate for black empowerment. Introduce the ideas of the Veil and Double Consciousness to provide a concrete framework for the black experience.
What was the purpose of the book?
“It is, then, the strife of all honorable men of the twentieth century to see that in the future competition of races the survival of the fittest shall mean the triumph of the good, the beautiful, and the true; that we may be able to preserve for the future civilization all that is really fine and noble and strong, and not continue to put a premium on greed and impudence and cruelty” (100)
What is pathos?
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th amendment?
A space that provides a sense of community, resources and hope that has been a driving force of support for many Black people.
What is church?
“I must thank the publishers of The Atlantic Monthly, The World’s Work, The Dial, The New World, and the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.” (v)
What is ethos?
Was criticized for his seeming acceptance of segregation. Recognized for attempts to promote economic self-reliance.
Who is Washington?
The time-period post slavery in which Black people were quasi-free in attempts to gain "equality" without provisions of equity.
What is the reconstruction period?