“It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. 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.”
Quote by W.E.B. Du Bois
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The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois's influential text delves into the complexities of race relations in the United States, offering a critical analysis of the social, political, and psychological challenges faced by African Americans during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. more
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