To what was W.E.B. Du Bois specifically referring when he wrote: white laborers' "vote selected public officials, and while this had small effect upon the economic situation, it had great effect upon their personal treatment and the deference shown them"?
A) Social Darwinism
B) racial emotions
C) public and psychological wage of whiteness
D) double consciousness
E) white privilege

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Du Bois was referring to the concept of the "public and psychological wage of whiteness," which suggests that white workers gained a sense of superiority and were treated with more respect and deference, even if this did not significantly improve their economic situation.

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