SOC 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: African American Lives, Class Conflict, Social Relation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2112
• Professor: Joseph Sawan

Document Summary

Du bois & frazier on race, class and social emancipation. These two theorists set the standard in terms of studying race relations within the usa providing a major contribution between theory describing the relationship between race and class. Race relations & color line: du bois (focused on race) claimed that the central issue of the 20th century is the issue of the color line. Frazier (focused on class) similarly took the study of race relations in. America to expose the predicament of african americans while documenting the nature of their oppression: du bois was considered a leader of his people, viewing larger social ties while frazier wrote about self-identity and focused on political inequalities. He addressed the development of class distinctions that determined the social relation dynamics among. From slavery to freedom: the predicament of african americans: du bois great grandfather was a slave, he was born two years after the end of the civil.