This statement suggests that the quality of life for people of color in this time period is worse than death. In this essay Dubois implies that not only would whites be happier if blacks were all killed, but also that blacks would be happier because they did not have to face the hatred and segregation to which they were subjected. at the moment. Dubois makes a strong case that white people in this time period have a problem with a black man making the same amount of money as them and receiving the same education as them. They do not believe that the black man is their equal. He uses the black man in the essay to bring to light an extreme solution to the apparent problem, which in turn causes white people, and the reader, to open their eyes to the obvious issues inherent in racist behavior and