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A 3 page research paper/essay that explores the ramifications of W.E.B. Du Bois' concept of "double consciousness" in terms of its ramifications towards racial reconciliation. The writer draws heavily on the text More Than Equals by Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice (2000). Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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society, that is, the problem of "double consciousness," specifically being both black and an American. Du Bois laid out this feeling of dual identity with its inherent conflict between what
is black or African and what is American. In presenting this model for understanding black racial consciousness, Du Bois asked himself if he could be both, or, if by
pursuing being black, he perpetuated the divide between the races (Perkins and Rice, 2000). Du Bois statement regarding double consciousness specifically highlights the issue of racial reconciliation and how
this topic continues to present an ongoing issue as conflict between the races continues to characterize much of contemporary society. The solution that Perkins and Rice (2000) propose is that
racial reconciliation is only possible within the context of the redeeming power of the gospel. W.E.B. Du Bois eloquently expressed the dichotomy involved in being torn between
two paradigms. In his text The Souls of Black Folk, he asserts that being black gives one "second sight" into the American world, which allows African Americans to see
themselves through the perspective of mainstream culture (Perkins and Rice, 2000). It is "peculiar sensation," asserts Du Bois, to have this sense of double consciousness, of looking at oneself through
anothers eyes, as it creates a sense of "twoness" (Perkins and Rice, 2000). In other words, African Americans saw themselves both from their own perspective, but also understood how others
(that is, whites) perceived them and this created a dichotomy from which there was no clear escape. The question that remains is, under these circumstances, how is race reconciliation
possible? How can the two "sides" of black consciousness be reconciled as these are, ultimately, symbolic of the conflict as a whole? It is precisely this issue, that is,
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