Creating the Crisis magazine was a great trump card to help move the anti-black rhetoric that was being printed in pretty much every racist newspaper. There was a preference to have things move to the magazines instead of newspapers because of the tension between black and white publishers. Pg 71 talks about how racist white newspapers would take the headlines of black newspapers and be antagonistic towards them. Also how the magazine is more commercially viable by being more trendy. Mainstream news was depicting African Americans in this stereotypical light so it was easier to maintain the image of hate against them, On pg.74 it talks about how African American intellectuals would point out these stereotypes and they’re being misrepresented by these people in power.

when you take a look at the magazine one covers it screams “we’re human too, with our own culture and art”, and that was the point of them to inform people that there were so many more layers beneath the surface to what they being told by major media outlets. Putting the African American identity out in the public face, to share and teach others about their beautiful culture. De Bois was adamant about getting this image out there, that’s why he chose the magazine over books and newspaper articles. It’s really impressive marketing with the covers to the contents inside the magazine, while this definitely had no pushback it was very successful in just making a difference in the way society viewed African Americans. Taking strides to make a change and being very successful at it, an important step note to the acceptance of African Americans into mainstream society. Showing people that something g that different doesn’t make it any less amazing, that something beautiful will always be beautiful and if you open your perspective a little more you can enjoy a whole new world of arts.