Showing posts with label Double Conciousness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Double Conciousness. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
White Consciousness
Du Bois argued that oppressive culture lead to double consciousness for oppressed populations, but a number of other thinkers including James Baldwin and Thandeka who speak of white guilt. This white guilt is the result of knowledge of benefit from a racist system or in other cases the inability to stop or intervene in blatantly racist acts (typically perpetrated by family members). Is this feeling of guilt a second form of consciousness for majority populations? Why or why not?
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