Ever since Donald Trump sworn in as the 45th president of United States of America in January 20, 2017 his hostility and indifference towards black community and other minorities in America, has again triggered the discussions on the notions of racism, culture and equality. Recently...
It is imperative for all United States citizens, and especially politicians to hold an extensive knowledge concerning the concepts of fragmented identities and transnationalism. A wide understanding on these concepts is a prerequisite to grow, progress, and mature a society. In addition to the essential...
W.E.B. DuBois coined the term “Double Consciousness” in his classic work, “The Souls of Black Folk”. But, what does this term even mean? To be double conscious is the act of seeing yourself through another society’s eyes as well as still being true to your...
The aim of this paper is to examine the issue of identity and female oppression in Janice Mirikitani’s and Louise Erdrich’s works, and how these two issues are portrayed in their literature. These concerns will be analysed taking into account the historical contexts of both...
At the heart of W.E.B. DuBois’s concept of double consciousness lies Saussure’s structuralism. At one point in time, society decided that a person with light skin would be called a white person, therefore giving the color of someone’s skin a sign, white, thus the signifying...
What does White America think of when they hear the words “black male”? The records in people’s heads make a certain image of what a black male is pop up. Maybe in the way he wears his clothes, makes money, or what activities he is...
One ever feels his twoness, — an American, a Negro: two souls, two thoughts two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. The history of the American Negro is the history of this...
Double consciousness is a term that was coined by W.E.B. Du Bois in The Souls of Black Folk. According to Du Bois, double consciousness is a “sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape...
