On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Such class lines are by no means fixed; they vary, one might almost say, with the price of cotton.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Such class lines are by no means fixed; they vary, one might almost say, with the price of cotton.”
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From his sociological study of Black life in the South, this observation highlights the economic instability that shaped social stratification.
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