W. E. B. Du Bois · Politics

The Color Line

Du Bois declared that the great problem of his century was the color line - and argued, against the optimism of his age, that race was not a fading relic but a global system organizing the modern world.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Du Bois saw the color line as a worldwide structure linking the subjugation of darker peoples across continents. In your own words, explain why he thought race was central to the modern world, not peripheral to it.

Leads to Karl Marx.

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