The global sociology of W.E.B. Du Bois developed during the 1940s relies significantly on a collaborative relationship with African-American sociologist and anthropologist Irene Diggs (1906–1998). Diggs was mentored by Du Bois as a graduate student at Atlanta University and later became his research assistant, secretary, and colleague. No person worked for and with Du Bois as Diggs did, for nearly 14 years. In her own work, Diggs transcended Du Bois. Using archival documentary research, I analyze the connection between Diggs and Du Bois to show how they developed a global sociological perspective that included an analysis of the color line in Latin America. My analysis has two goals: (1) to show how the Du Bois–Diggs relationship was permeated by gender inequalities and a misrecognition of Diggs’s critical contribution and (2) to introduce Irene Diggs’s work on Latin America between 1942 and 1953 to show how it was inscribed within the project of a global sociology of the color line. I discuss how Diggs’s historical sociology expands the analysis of the Latin American color line today.

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WEB Du Bois 和 Irene Diggs：全球肤色线社会学中的性别、删除和知识生产

WEB Du Bois 在 20 世纪 40 年代发展起来的全球社会学在很大程度上依赖于与非裔美国社会学家和人类学家艾琳·迪格斯 (Irene Diggs，1906-1998) 的合作关系。迪格斯在亚特兰大大学读研究生时受到杜波依斯的指导，后来成为他的研究助理、秘书和同事。近 14 年来，没有人像迪格斯那样为杜波依斯工作。在她自己的作品中，迪格斯超越了杜波依斯。通过档案文献研究，我分析了迪格斯和杜波依斯之间的联系，以展示他们如何发展全球社会学视角，其中包括对拉丁美洲肤色界限的分析。我的分析有两个目标：(1) 展示杜波依斯与迪格斯的关系是如何被性别不平等和对迪格斯关键贡献的错误认识所渗透的；(2) 介绍艾琳·迪格斯在 1942 年至 1953 年间关于拉丁美洲的工作，以展示它是如何被列入全球肤色社会学项目中。我讨论迪格斯的历史社会学如何扩展对当今拉丁美洲肤色界限的分析。