W. E. B. Du Bois · Politics

Double Consciousness

In 1903 Du Bois named the inner experience of being Black in America - the sense of seeing yourself forever through hostile eyes, of carrying two warring identities in a single body.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Du Bois described a divided self produced by living behind the veil of race. In your own words, explain what ‘always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others’ does to a person, and why Du Bois called it a gift as well as a burden.

Leads to Hegel.

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