double consciousness
nounDefinitions
The awareness of an African American of having two selves, their inward self and the…
The awareness of an African American of having two selves, their inward self and the self, created by how white people see them.
- Double-consciousness is the African American’s awareness of possessing two souls: an outward self based largely on how whites perceive him and an inward self that he comes to realize as his truer self.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for double consciousness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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