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jm2003222

In a 1918 editorial, W.E.B. Du Bois advised African Americans to stop agitating for equality and to proclaim their solidarity with White Americans for the duration of the First World War. The editorial surprised many African Americans who viewed Du Bois as an uncompromising African American leader and a chief opponent of the accommodationist tactics urged by Booker, T.Washington. In fact, however, Du Bois often shifted positions along the continuum between Washington and confrontationists such as William Trotter. In 1895, when Washington called on African Americans to concentrate on improving their communities instead of opposing discrimination and agitating for political rights, Du Bois praised Washington's speech. In 1903, however, Du Bois aligned himself with Trotter, Washington's militant opponent, less for ideological reasons than because Trotter had described to him Washington's efforts to silence those in the African American press who opposed Washington's positions.reflected not a change in his long-term goals but rather a pragmatic response in the face of social pressure: government officials had threatened African American journalists with censorship if they continued to voice grievances. Furthermore, Du Bois believed that African Americans' contributions to past war efforts had brought them some legal and political advances. Du Bois' accommodationism did not last, however. Upon learning of systematic discrimination experienced by African Americans in the military, he called on them to "return fighting" from the war.
identifying historical circumstances that led Du Bois to alter his long-term goals.  
 The passage is primarily concerned with？
 defining "accommodationism" and show-ing how Du Bois used this strategy to achieve certain goals  
 
 accounting for a particular position adopted by Du Bois during the First World War.  
 
 contesting the view that Du Bois was sig-nificantly influenced by either Washington or Trotter.  
 
 assessing the effectiveness of a strategy that Du Bois urged African Americans to adopt.  


我读了文章，大概读懂了，但是没读出什么观点呀，就是说那人建议那些人做什么，然后又说那人在两个人之间游离，就这些了。所以感觉D不错的，E也有说到的。。

mickleon

这题目其实还算容易懂。
这句话充分引出了本文的观点：
In fact, however, Du Bois often shifted positions along the continuum between Washington and confrontationists such as William Trotter.

就是说他在华盛顿和威廉之间来回转换position。
然后后面说的是哪年哪年这小子又变心了。

选的应该是contesting the view that Du Bois was sig-nificantly influenced by either Washington or Trotter.

jm2003222

这题目其实还算容易懂。
这句话充分引出了本文的观点：
In fact, however, Du Bois often shifted positions along the continuum between Washington and confrontationists such as William Trotter.

就是说他在华盛顿和威廉之间来回转换position。
然后后面说的是哪年哪年这小子又变心了。

选的应该是contesting the view that Du Bois was sig-nificantly influenced by either Washington or Trotter.

-- by 会员 mickleon (2010/5/12 15:28:45)

但是哦但是哦，我也是选那个答案，但正确答案是accounting for a particular position adopted by Du Bois during the First World War.  
，所以就和奇怪啊

mickleon

呃 晕啊 才看到你那个DE什么到底是什么啊，怎么才4个选项……

呃 我排除了那个选项是因为“a particular position”，我觉得他换了观点，所以不是一个a particular position。难道这种来回换也是种position啊……

gracezz

accounting for a particular position adopted by Du Bois during the First World War.  
我觉得这个对。文章开头说DU这个人提出了一个观点让african american们都感觉很诧议。后面就解释DU这个人的观点是随着circumstances的不同会发生变化的。所以可以理解成是在解释DU这次提出的观点也是有背景原因的。

其他的几个选项感觉都只说了文章的某个细节。。

凭感觉做的说实话，请NN们来看看这个