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With this training it is difficult for the freedman to learn to grasp the opportunities already opened to him, and the new opportunities are seldom given him, but go by favor to the whites.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois emphasizes the challenges freedmen face in seizing opportunities due to systemic barriers.
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