SECTION 2: PASSAGE IDENTIFICATION - W.E.B. Du Bois, the Souls of Black Folk (italicized) (excerpts)

Question 1

notes

Answer 1

• “Dual Consciousness”
  
  • creation vs. domination
  • identity of being American and Black
    
    • one can see the benefits and pros of either side but cannot experience either of them fully
• theme of a veil
  
  • fighting racism within a racist system is to continue to live under the “veil”
• silent racism, underlying racist gestures result in internalization within Black people