W. E. B. Dubois, Anna Cooper, And Karl Marx The Social...

In analyzing Jerome Karabel’s: Police Killings Surpass the Worst Years of Lynching, Capital Punishment, and a Movement Responds, in comparison to the writings of Karl Marx, W.E.B. Dubois, Charlotte Gilman, Anna Cooper, and Ida Wells-Barnett, the social problems revealed within the text address the social conflicts of society and how differing populations are faced with discrimination and oppression by those who are dominant in power. Jerome Karabel’s profound article specifically focuses on killings committed by the police as a growing social problem resulting from the most recent movement of racial injustice within the United States. All of these authors offer a unique perspective as they represent different populations within the United†¦show more content†¦In comparison to Karl Marx, Karabel notes how those who are subjected to incarceration are pushed out of the job market, disqualified from being permitted to feed their families with food stamps, allows f or a criminal-background check to affect their possibility of facing discrimination in their housing situation and this increases their chance of facing further incarceration later on. As Marx sees conflict as a necessary element of society, Karabel addresses it as a growing and unresolved issue. Through W.E.B. Dubois’ The Souls of Black Folk, he creates a unique narrative for the African American community and how they have undergone prejudice as a population of people. From his narrative, he derives this concept of a â€Å"veil† that African Americans face in American society and how they may develop a double consciousness as well. Through the concept of a double consciousness, those subject to this may develop separate identities through their ethnicity and through their identity as an American. This may create a conflict of identity within the individual and as a result, these individuals may undergo the negative effects of â€Å"the veil† that may limit these individuals socially and economically within a society. He blatantly states that the â€Å"criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by those lead...this is the