Reading Comprehension (RC) | Re: In a 1918 editorial, W.E.B. Du Bois advised African Americans to stop

Good question! You're right.

But the line you referenced at the end of the last paragraph isn't what we're asked about in Q5. The question refers to the stance Du Bois expressed in his 1918 editorial, namely, "to stop agitating for equality and to proclaim theirsolidarity with White Americans for the duration of the First World War." So in the editorial, he's advocating solidarity.

In the last paragraph, we get the line "Du Bois’s accommodationism did notlast , however." So this appears to be an evolution in his thinking that occurred sometime after the editorial. Put another way, he was an advocate of accommodation in his editorial, butlater , after hearing about all the discrimination Black soldier endured in the wary, he changed his position. Because we're asked specifically about his position in theeditorial , this change isn't relevant in the
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Statistics : Posted by GMATNinja • on 10 Oct 2007, 15:49 • Replies 55 • Views 68421

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