Why Did Dubois Chose To Make Me A Problem?

Du Bois’s aim for this essay was explain American Negroes challenges from 1862 to 1872. “Why did God chose to make me a problem?” was a question frequently asked by Du Bois. The American Negro was a symbol of struggle in the United States. The Emancipation is proposed in 1863, but then forty years after the struggles for American Negro still continued. Du Bois believed it was because the U.S. thought the freed blacks would try to Africanize America. Even though they were free, Negroes remained enslaved. They couldn’t development themselves and participate in society. The problem of the 20th century is the “color line” said Du Bois. The Freedmen's Bureau helped and established townships and the Secretary of War offered rations to people in need. Booker …show more content…
He started to blame the world for his injustices. He became a priest and didn’t any obstacles stop him. Even though, most people didn’t even know about Crummell continued to tell people the importance of him. Du Bois ends his book by telling the journeys of two men, one white and one black. They both wanted to participate in educations. The black John didn’t behave well at first and eventually focus on his schoolwork. They both meet up in New York and the black was asked to leave because of his skin color. Black John’s community didn’t like the new personality he had because he was newly educated. Black John started a school in his community so he could give back to his community. White John moves to New York and ends up sexually assaulting black John’s sister. Black John decided to kill white John and gets lynched for his crime. The reason for this chapter is to explain the racial relations of America, even though black John acted of self defense, because of the color of his skin, they didn’t even qualify that his crime was based on self defense. Even though the Emancipation was proposed over 150 years ago, American Negroes still aren’t completely