"The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line- the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea" (p. 345). What DuBois spoke of the 20th century is entirely prevalent in the 21st century. What drives our society throughout the 20th century and the 21st century is prejudice attitudes which have been internalized. Such as Black people being oppressed through various systems for example, police brutality, mass incarceration, gentrification, prejudice in employment, etc. Further going into how, "…DuBois maintains that once "the 'Color Line' began to pay dividends" through the colonization and exploitation of Africa and Africans beginning in the fifteen centuries,…show more content… DuBois was convinced that facts unaccompanied did nothing to impact people towards helping the conditions of Black people, with that his tenured altered becoming more soulful because he acknowledged that race doesn't subsist simply at a rational level which is seen in "The Souls of Black Folks". Overtime DuBois argument was consistent yet after World War 1 that all changed, in "The Souls of White Folks", his demand for liberation was more definite and his exertion developed more of an aggressive tenor. DuBois speaking on how, "By the God of Heaven, we are cowards and jackasses if now that the war is over, we do not marshal every ounce of our brain and brawn to fight a sterner, longer, more unbending battle against the forces of hell in our own land" (p. 385). DuBois honestly in the "The Souls of White Folk", speaks more militantly and overall just done with the bullshit black people have been put through. DuBois in the beginning seems somewhat hopeful in "The Philadelphia Negro" but as he continues and experiences so much he states in "The Souls of White Folks" the reality of how fucked up the system really
