Mercedes Baldwin
SOC 210- 006
Lab 1

Although Chicago School question the notions of race and ethnicity, dominated by white men. W.E.B. DuBois, the first African American man to receive a PhD from Harvard University, he was the most important black sociologist of his time. (DuBois, 1868) This famous black man developed a concept of double consciousness. Which meant that; someone is always looking at you even if u can’t see him or her. W.E.B. DuBois’s social imagination was not only focused on the double consciousness in the African American culture and how we as (African Americans) are portrayed to be or how we look in other people’s eyes. He was much well interested in the violence and crime among the African Americans. He was so interested in the African American culture he helped cofound the National Association for Advance of Colored People (NAACP, 1909). A school education remind solely on the person that desires to get it. After all Moore County Public School System is based on “ NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND” right? The generation of the Millennials (Ages 18-34), the ones that are suck in between the infamous change and the learning curve in the public schools. Not only are African Americans stuck in the social change, other races are caught to; White, Indian, Latino’s, Italian, and all of the other races that has relocated to Moore County region. I am (Mercedes) apart of the generation of the Millennials, and apart of the social change. My great grandparents wasn’t fortunate enough to go to college, but to get their money they had to get a job, working hard and getting paid less than minimum wage. My grandparents didn’t go to college; instead they educated themselves and landed a great job. My parents went to school and worked at the same time, to get an education. Each generation in my family has come up a step further than the other. I am the one