Double Consciousness
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Sophomore
Major
Liberal Arts
Minor
Creative Writing
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Dr. Carrie Jerrell
Presentation Format
Performance or Production
Abstract/Description
African Americans teenagers spend most of their youth trying to construct their identity. This can prove to be challenging, because Black Americans were brought to America as slaves, and as a collective group, they have very little history. Many of the African American citizens are missing from the public record prior to 1870. Because many black youth don't know their roots, they must divide their identities up into different pieces, a concept coined by W.E.B. DuBois as double consciousness. This multimedia essay examines the struggles of African American teens to embrace their blackness while only looking at themselves through the eyes of their oppressors, as well as a bit of history in regards to slavery and those who were impacted by slavery back then, and now.
Fall Scholars Week 2019 Event
Other
Other Scholars Week Event
Archives After Dark Presentation Panel
Double Consciousness
African Americans teenagers spend most of their youth trying to construct their identity. This can prove to be challenging, because Black Americans were brought to America as slaves, and as a collective group, they have very little history. Many of the African American citizens are missing from the public record prior to 1870. Because many black youth don't know their roots, they must divide their identities up into different pieces, a concept coined by W.E.B. DuBois as double consciousness. This multimedia essay examines the struggles of African American teens to embrace their blackness while only looking at themselves through the eyes of their oppressors, as well as a bit of history in regards to slavery and those who were impacted by slavery back then, and now.