To begin ? the presence of the shadow leads one to understand that there is a burden that is constantly present with the African American community during the post war era. The African community undergoes the process of seeing the world through another society's eyes. According to Du Bois ? this is not by choice because this portion of society has undergone continuing discrimination since the end of the war. The influence the kkk ? voter's rights ? and the struggle to obtain some stability seem to ...