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A 4 page paper which examines personality theory in the work of W.E.B. Dubois titled The Souls of Black Folk. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Souls of Black Folk Dubois examines and defines much of the African American experience and soul, or personality from one perspective. The following paper examines Dubois apparent take on personality
theory as it relates to his work. The Souls of Black Folk As mentioned, a personality theory seeks to define and categorize the personalities of people. "Since the study
of personality began, personality theories have offered a wide variety of explanations for behavior and what constitutes the person" (Pescitelli). Dubois speaks of the soul, the spirit, the being, the
personality of the black people in the United States during his time, a time that followed the Civil War and saw the turn of the 20th century. In terms
of structure, and contrast, as they relate to theories of personalities Dubois clearly presents the black people as different than the mainstream white America of the time. He notes that
black people are clearly influenced by how others see them, how the society that is in control views them and in this one can see the structure of the people,
their souls and personality, and how they contrast with the primary force, the force of the white population that has helped mold their personalities. In the following excerpt from Dubois
work one can gain a sense of this condition: "It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at ones self through the eyes of others, of
measuring ones soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his twoness,--an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts,
two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder" (Dubois I).
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