W.E.B. DuBois (1903) argued that African Americans feel a sense of ____________, because they must always look at themselves through the eyes of the dominant group.

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DuBois coined the term "double consciousness" to describe the sense of having two identities - one's own and one defined by the dominant group - that African Americans must navigate in order to exist in American society. He argued that this created a sense of constant self-evaluation and self-monitoring, as well as a feeling of being both inside and outside of mainstream culture.

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