MC 201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Constitutional Liberalism, Presidency Of Ronald Reagan, Democratic Consolidation
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But he has stopped between the two societies; he has remained isolated between the two. Double-consciousness as a cause for the racial tyranny as a result of the emotional peoples. impact. White majority placing own interests above those of the black minority. This sense of always looking at one"s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one"s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness, an american, a negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. Difficult to develop a sense of self. Perpetuated racial tyranny of the white majority via political, economic, and social exclusion: political participation, legal disenfranchisement, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, literacy tests. Civil rights act of 1964= outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
