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Harold Wilson Colorline

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Within the informative piece, “Recent Changes in the African American Population within the United States and the Question of the Color Line at the Beginning of the 21st Century”, Frank Harold Wilson highlights the evolving racial lines amongst Black people, in American during the 21st century. As his main source, Harold envelopes W.E.B Du Bois (sociologist) infamous article discussing the “color-line” in America. Harold showcases contemporary racism/segregation by bringing forth the “new color-line”; which he alludes to not only involving African Americans, but also Latinos and possibly other minorities (Harold, 17). Throughout the article, very few commonalities are found in connection between the author and his audience. Nevertheless, he …show more content…

Though not directly stated it is also apparent that the author is claiming that the new color-line is apparent within urbanized cities, division of labor, and housing markets (17). Moreover, another important claim made relates back to the migration of African Americans into urbanized areas. Harold highlights that such shift is “characterized by economic and housing inequalities that are complicated by high levels of racial segregation” (29). He depicts three theories which interpret such inequalities, those being: progressive integration, continuing significant race, and the changing of significant race. Consequently, he makes another argument, stating that the changing of significant race theory works best in interpreting “African American economic and social integration” (30). Such theory is also known as the “new-color line”, relating back to his original …show more content…

Which has gone through major governmental and institutional changes since the time period Du Bois was writing from; which was filled with clear-cut abuse, segregation, racism, discrimination and prejudice. Additionally, Harold’s incorporates Du Bois’ analysis of racism in the U.S connecting it to not just simply Black people, who Du Bois mainly focuses on in his writing, but other large scale minorities; Latinos, Asians etc. Who nowadays are seeing and experiencing harsh social exclusion and economic disadvantaged due to their legal status and newly re-evoked racism under a, arguably, unapologetically racist

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