Du Bois said that African Americans are 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.” Du Bois is basically calling the attention of blacks to become aware that they are living a double life, one as an American, and the other as an African. He is condemning the fact that blacks are looking at their self through the perspective of white. They should be looking at their self through their history as black. The “double-consciousness idea served three main purposes; first it is the idea of white stereotype over Blacks. Second, the idea of being a citizen of the United States, yet not being treated like one. And third, is the fact that Blacks are both African and
Du Bois said that African Americans are 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.” Du Bois is basically calling the attention of blacks to become aware that they are living a double life, one as an American, and the other as an African. He is condemning the fact that blacks are looking at their self through the perspective of white. They should be looking at their self through their history as black. The “double-consciousness idea served three main purposes; first it is the idea of white stereotype over Blacks. Second, the idea of being a citizen of the United States, yet not being treated like one. And third, is the fact that Blacks are both African and