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The Negro Problems
Question 1 of 5
What would a hypothetical unbiased "visitor from Altruria" expect for the Negro race's future, according to Du Bois, and how does this differ from the prevailing view of his day?
A
The visitor would expect normal development like any other human race; most contemporary thinkers instead assumed a philosophy of white hegemony, a view Du Bois calls "the child of the African slave trade"
B
The visitor would expect permanent global white domination, matching the prevailing view exactly
C
The visitor would expect the Negro race to vanish entirely within a generation
D
There is no meaningful difference between the visitor's view and the prevailing philosophy
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