W.E.B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk

The human race has almost never adjusted to change well. Humanity, for the most part, has always had difficulty viewing 'others' as equals; this is especially true in dealing with those of a different race. In the early twentieth century, amidst all the change taking place because of the industrial revolution, many leaders of the African American community in the United States began to talk of, what seemed to some, radical ideals of equality of …

…stereotypes, as I pointed out. Du Bois provides insight and advice that can help anyone living in any time period with his statements like the above quote, encouraging people to not make judgments based on assumptions and a lack of knowledge of a specific person. Du Bois suggest to instead of judging people as a group, to look at them as an individual and to judge them on their personal attributes and not on postulations