Reclaiming a Du Boisian perspective on racial attitudes

This article asserts that Du Boisian sociology included a strong role for r acial prejudice in analyzing the conditions and dynamics of African America n social life. The article examines Du Bois's empirical social scientific l egacy with a special focus on The Philadelphia Negro and how he treated rac ial prejudice in this seminal work. It then examines the turn away from a c oncern with racial prejudice in modern sociological analysis and identifies the necessity of returning to the theoretical holism exemplified by Du Boi s if sociological theory on race and racism are to advance.