Dubois's Essay 'The Souls Of Black Folk'

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1.) How did Dubois set up the contrast between blacks and whites in his essays "The Souls of Black Folk"? Dubois had many different contrasts he used throughout his essays “The Souls of Black Folk”. He used the concept of a veil being the oppressed blacks, Dubois also emphasized the importance of education. He believed it was essential for a black to be educated in order to break the oppression barrier. One other contrast was his color-line concept; which was the idea that blacks could never become as powerful as the whites in America.