Double Consciousness and the American Narrative

"The American Story" contains a series of events in American history that made this country today. The important issue that emerged was slavery and subsequent slavery liberation, which brought about a lot of confusion about the identity of these new citizens and whether they are consistent with existing American stories. Among the black souls, W. E. B Dubois introduces the concept of dual consciousness "I take my own feelings through eyes of others forever" (Dubois 3).

Dual consciousness, to explain the identity of people divided into several aspects, W. It is a term made by E. B. Du Bois. As a theoretical tool, "double consciousness" reveals psychosocial differences in American society, and makes it possible to fully understand these differences. DuBois focuses on the special nature of the black experience and can unjustly challenge state and world institutions. This term was originally used in an article in the 1897 issue of the Atlantic monthly article titled "Black Struggle". After that, in the book "Our Spiritual Struggle" published in 1903, a small editor's republication was held in the title "The soul of the black folk customs". Dubois says "double consciousness" as follows. "This is a unique feeling, this double consciousness, this feeling of seeing yourself through the eyes of others. Contempt and disappointment

Dual consciousness is a term that represents the internal conflict experienced by a secondary group in a repressive society. Created by W. E. B. Du Bois, it refers to the "double consciousness" of African Americans, including his own "double consciousness", and is posted on the autonomous magazine "Black soul". This term refers initially to the psychological challenge of a racist white matter society "always seeing yourself through the eyes" and "being measured by a deranged country". This term also refers to the experience of Dubois that made his African tradition consistent with the growth of a European-led society. This term was later applied to women living in many social inequalities, especially patriarchal society.