Du Bois and Washignton’s Racial Strategies Overview

These flashcards cover key concepts in the lecture about Du Bois and Washington’s racial strategies, focusing on their contrasting views, major concepts, and critical terms.

Color Line

The global division and relationship between lighter and darker peoples identified by Du Bois as the main problem of the 20th century.

The Veil

A metaphorical curtain separating the experiences of black and white Americans, obscuring mutual understanding.

Double Consciousness

The internal conflict experienced by black Americans, viewing themselves through the lens of both their own identity and societal prejudice.

Atlanta Compromise

Booker T. Washington's approach that emphasized economic advancement for blacks as the path to eventual social and political equality.

Triple Paradox

Du Bois' critique of Washington's strategy, revealing contradictions in political rights, social status, and access to education.

Green Power

The idea that economic power can lead to social and political equality for black Americans.

Sorrow Songs

Spirituals sung by slaves that express deep emotion and coded messages of resistance.

Sharecropper

A farmer who works land owned by someone else and pays rent with a share of the crops produced.

Peasant Proprietor

A small-scale farmer who owns their own land.

Alienation

The separation of workers from the product of their labor, the process of production, their fellow human beings, and their species being under capitalism.