1. The American Ideal in Comparison to Reality
In a way, he was almost able to shed, or bleach, inwardly the remnants that defined him as an African American and become that ideal just "American" that Theodore Roosevelt shouts about in his manifesto. ... Du Bois, who claimed he "had not spoken out strongly enough for what they termed the 'rights' of the race" (454), an example that for someone who might find a way to immerse themselves into the American culture, can't find a way to escape what Du Bois would call the "two-ness" or "double consciousness" peopleof color have to face in A...
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- Grade Level: High School
