DuBois wrote that the world was able to endure this horrible tragedy by deliberately stopping its ears and changing the subject in conversation.. The tragedy was
a. the scramble for Africa's resources, including the slave trade.
b. double consciousness.
c. mechanization, which left people without jobs.
d. the carnage of World War II.
Question 2The meaning of race varies by time and place. In Brazil almost everyone thinks of themselves as multiracial. Americans, on the other hand, think of race in categorical terms and apply the label biracial or multiracial only to those who appear almost white.. These differences suggest that
a. biracial should be a racial category.
b. race is of no social consequence.
c. the meaning of race varies by time and place.
d. people need more racial choices.
Question 3Disenchantment is characterized by a spiritual
a. renewal.
b. encounter.
c. void or crisis.
d. awakening.
Question 4The fact that there are no sharp dividing lines specifying the physical boundaries that distinguish one race from another suggests that race is
a. a biological fact.
b. inherited.
c. an illusion.
d. of no social consequence.
Question 5______________ is first-hand knowledge gained by living and working among those being studied.
a. Solidarity
b. Sympathetic knowledge
c. Social research
d. Double consciousness
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