Negro’s+“Double+Consciousness”+in+To+Kill+a+Mockingbird

This article explains the plight of black Americans through the concept of "Double Consciousness." relating it to the well-known novel "How to Kill a Mockingbird." It focuses on the character of Calpurnia, a black woman that is living in a segregated society under the service of a white family. While she is viewed/treated as a lower class person lacking intelligence she is still entrusted with the duties of taking care of a white family more specifically being the maternal role to while children. This role that is forced upon her causes her great distress that as she develops a relationship with the child. She knows the harsh truth that child is of a higher class than her and she is forced to take upon both identities and put her blackness aside to care for the child despite the racial prejudices the family projects on her.

It best explains double consciousness in the context of the identity crisis many black Americans faces and is referenced in the legendary novel the invisible man. While black Americans have their owned unique identity, many often feel that it will always be insignificant to the stereotypes that the dominant white culture places upon us. In many of Kanye West songs, he explores the internal struggles that black Americans face through this lens of double consciousness.

 Works Cited Rezazade, Faeze1, et al. "Negro's "Double Consciousness" in to Kill a Mockingbird." // Theory & Practice in Language Studies //, vol. 6, no. 12, Dec. 2016, pp. 2292-2296. EBSCO// host //, doi:10.17507/tpls.0612.08.

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