Black America and The Class Divide

However, the black Americans failed to answer the call made by Du Bois leading to a wider gap between the African-Americans and the Negroes. Despite the motto used by black Americans in their clubs entitled “lifting as we climb”, the principle of the motto was never incorporated by the blacks in reducing the class disparity between them and the Negroes. Du Bois was quite aware that black opportunities were minimal in the United States and a successful black person would only strive to uplift his or her family. However, he still preached the gospel of uplifting the Negroes so as to prevent them from remaining in their state of poverty, engaging in crimes and dying because of being infected by diseases.

The article consequently describes how the classes have become even since the death of Dr. On the contrary, the Negroes were denied chances to attend schools and thus they could not easily get employment due to lack of knowledge. This created inequality between the two groups and it enhanced the increase in class divisions. The black Americans also increased the gap by failing to uplift the Negroes since they believed that the Negroes did not deserve to the uplifted by them because they were not on the same standard based on the level of education and financial status. However, the death of Dr. Martin Luther King brought a huge change in reducing conflicts between the two racial groups since America saw the efforts he used in bringing a change in the civil rights and minimizing conflicts between different groups.

However, their pleas were not heard since the principle of “lifting as we climb” was merely ignored by the successful black Americans. Women were seen as fragile and minor characters who could not be able to use their knowledge to develop something great or valuable. Consequently, women who performed similar tasks to men were given fewer salaries as compared to men who did the same job. This also enhanced the development of class division between black men and women in America. Increase in women representation in the government has promoted gender equality and women are allowed to do any kind of work and are subjected to fair pay regardless of their gender. African-American also faced some level of rejection from the whites but the author explains that the African Americans were the only people who could be able to protect the rights and interest of the Negroes.