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Du Bois, double-consciousness
30Nov09
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of 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, Of Our Spiritual Strivings
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Tags: consciousness, race, W.E.B. Du Bois
Margo is one of my professors this semester. I’m sitting in her class right now! Here is a clip of her speaking on Michael Jackson and his legacy. Her analysis is careful, rigorous, and insightful as always.
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Tags: Margo Jefferson, Michael Jackson, pop culture, race
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