Du Bois W.E.B. One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over.... The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and example; it paints perfect men and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth....( Du Bois, 1995 p 211). Du Bois W.E.B. Some folk would depend on slander and gossip to discourage intermarriage. They would spread the rumor; that dark races are diseased and abnormal, make impossible mates and so should be avoided. ( Du Bois, 1995 p 374).