No, Wilentz’s criticism is very different. Pretty sure he admire’s Du Bois’s work.

I am amused by your insistence to DO YOUR READING when you won’t even read Wilentz’s short criticism.

Since social identity seems to matter enormously to you, here’s a short piece by a black critic: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/clay-j15.html

And yes, let’s move on in love and peace.