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Perhaps we, as folk of simpler soul and more primitive type, have been most struck in the welter of recent years by the utter failure of white religion.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois critiques the failures of white religion, suggesting that it has not lived up to its ideals in recent years.
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