Concept of Race “Had it not been for the race problem early thrust upon me and enveloping me, I Should have probably been an unquestioning worshipper at the shrine of the established social order into which I was born. But just that part of this order which seemed to most of my fellows nearest perfection seemed to me most inequitable and wrong; and starting from that critique, I gradually, as the year went by, found other things to question in my environment.” W.E.B Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born February 23, 1868 to Mary Silvina Burghardt, a house maid and Alfred Du Bois, whose grandfather and father both were enthusiastic supporters of the rights of the African American people. W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the principal …show more content…
Although Du Bois openly declared himself as a 'Negro', in his book; he claims that he has experienced both sides, of the 'veil.' Du Bois bring into being the concept of “Double Consciousness”. In his explanation and argument for this case, he identifies being both White American and African American; he dealt with the idea of seeking stability between the two in order to create a total and complete identity. Although Du Bois was bi-racial the white race continue to see him as a black man, edifying the One Drop of Blood rule which infers you are black if you have one drop of black blood, and consequently was treated he was treated as an African American. We could cite the remark made by the current bi-racial …show more content…
In the first place, it has for years held back the progress of the social sciences. The social sciences from the beginning were deliberately used from the beginning to prove the inferiority of the majority of the people of the world, who were being used as slaves for the comfort and culture of their masters. The social sciences long looked upon this as one of their major duties. History declared that the Negro had no history. Biology exaggerated the physical differences among men. Economics even today cannot talk straight on colonial imperialism. Psychology has not yet recovered from the shame of its 'intelligence' tests and its record of 'conclusions' during the first World