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Paint with all riot of hateful colors the thin skin of European culture,--is it not better than any culture that arose in Africa or Asia?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Paint with all riot of hateful colors the thin skin of European culture,--is it not better than any culture that arose…”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois provocatively questions the value of European culture compared to that of Africa or Asia.
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