Le transnationalisme dans "Darkwater" : utiliser la perspective globale pour contribuer à redéfinir les enjeux nationaux

Exposé Philosophie & littérature Littérature

Date de publication :

22/11/2008

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Anglais

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4 pages

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The attempts to discuss race on a transnational level
Du Bois discusses the abridgment of democracy for the coloured global citizen
The call for a reformation of the current form of democracy

Résumé :

Du Bois' darkwater compiles varied genres of writing discussing the standing of the African American in early 20th century U.S. society. Initially published in 1920, the issues of World War I backdrop a discussion of American government in relation to the country's race relations. World War I marks the first, most notable entry of the United States into foreign diplomatic affairs after the emancipation of American slaves in the Civil War. The station of the black soldier, who dies for his country abroad but is made a second-rate citizen at home, makes the issue of black rights in relation to global society even more prevalent in the time period. Du Bois' attempts to discuss race on a transnational level reflect this national awareness of foreign affairs. In darkwater, Du Bois discusses the abridgment of democracy for the coloured global citizen and calls for a reformation of the current form of democracy which allows such inequality at home. Du Bois faults this inequality and lower standing of African Americans to the withholding of education to the black masses. By thus championing education as the key rehabilitator of the African American in society, Du Bois shifts the weight of restoring the black race onto the education of children and their rearing by parents, specifically by women. Du Bois' darkwater opens the discussion of national race issue through the avenue of the global colour line, and, by showing the history of suppression of African advancement both abroad and at home, pinpoints the place of needed change in the next generation-the children. By taking a vantage point that does not ignore the past of Africa's people, Du Bois challenges the line between 'foreign' and 'native' or 'good' and 'bad'. Du Bois focus on foreign affairs is used under a broader discourse on imperialism, which he both demarks as the culprit of black oppression and utilizes as a rational for the installment of an equality policy that will allow for the socio-economic uplift of the black race in America.