Examine the question below, and write well-organized responses for it. To receive full credit for your responses, be sure to correctly cite the text to support each of your claims. Your grade will reflect the extent to which you are willing to think and respond critically. I have posted an outline below that might help you construct a well-organized response.
In The Souls of Black Folk (1903), W.E.B. DuBois identifies the “problem of the twentieth Century [as] the problem of the color line” (687). In what ways might Dubois’s notions be valid? To answer the question, consider discussing any specific instance(s) in the texts that illustrate how characters negotiate the color line.
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