Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Souls of Black Folk: With the Talented Tenth and the Souls of White Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

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toffishay's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

This is a seminal work in Black American studies and sociology that is required reading for anyone interested in learning a little more about the history of Black people and relations between Black and white people in America. As a Black woman who studied sociology, W.E.B. DuBois has always been a venerated ancestor and I have read many of these essays in my personal life and in my academic studies. They are limited by the time and his ideas are developed from a particular perspective, so while there are many notions with which I disagree, I can understand the value that they had at the time and the value that this scholarship has for us today. Some essays that are particular stand-outs for me: "Of Our Spiritual Strivings", "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others", "Of the Faith of the Fathers", "Of the Passing of the First-Born", "The Sorrow Songs", "The Talented Tenth", and "The Souls of White Folk"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

Moderate: Hate crime, Murder, Grief, Violence, Death, and Child death

Minor: Genocide, Antisemitism, Rape, Sexual violence, Cultural appropriation, Xenophobia, and War