SOCY 1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Double Consciousness, Vise
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He can see out but that can"t see in: judged based on white standards, he discovered he was first different at a young age when a girl of a different color rejected him. The problem of the 20th century is the color line , meaning the divide between the blacks and the whites. Contributions of blacks are not given credit. The right to vote has so much promise yet so many new barriers. Each chapter begins with an excerpt: one black and one white, which show very similar ideas in order to show culture parity. The average/normal person wouldn"t know how to handle the injustices a black person does, making them stronger. It"s important to define and talk about racism. Racism is having a negative attitude to an entire group of people.
