"It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others. . . . One ever feels his twoness,an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warrings ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder."
-- W.E.B. Du Bois(1868-1963), The Souls of Black Folk
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Excellent post as always, Schweers.
I feel some tension between the ideals in the picture's caption and the reality described in the DuBois quotation - race is an issue, especially given the social/psychological history DuBois describes.
I'm hoping that America lives up to the promise suggested in the results of this presidential election, that this nation lives into its ideals more and more.
Very true, Dan. Yeah, I think the image is much more powerful without the caption. And as Cornell West says, race matters, and is an issue. I would have photoshopped out the caption if I were more techno-savvy...
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