Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. If W.E.B. DuBois were alive today, he would likely say the problem of the 21st century is still “the problem of the color line.”
2. If W.E.B. DuBois were alive today, he would be exalted that we solved the 20th century “problem of the color line.”
3. All contemporary social theories of race contest the once common idea that race entails a natural, biological difference between people.
4. Most contemporary social theories of race are based on the assumption there are natural, biological difference between people.
5. Most contemporary social theorists agree that the modern racial order emerges out of colonialism.


1. true
2. false
3. true
4. false
5. true

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