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3 April, 19:50

A white person goes into an upscale shop to look at clothes. (S) he is excited to see that there is a sale and gathers a huge pile of clothes to take into the dressing room. An African American goes into the store and is excited about the sale, but hesitates to take many clothes into the dressing room, afraid that staff will think he or she might shoplift. W. E. B. Du Bois would say that the African American has:

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  1. 3 April, 20:37
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    fear i quest or some type of thing that goes along with fear like when people are afraid of clowns it called something
  2. 3 April, 23:00
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    double consciousness

    Explanation:

    William E. B. Du Bois was a famous American sociologist and a writer. He was the best spokesman for the rights of African Americans during the 20th century.

    W. E. B. Du Bois referred to the term "double consciousness" for African Americans in his book named The Souls of Black Folk. "Double consciousness" can be defined as the internal conflicts which is experienced by any subordinate group in the society. It is looking into oneself by the perception of others.

    Thus in the context, the African American experienced double consciousness when he or she saw the sale in the cloth store but hesitated to take cloths to the dressing room as for the fear of the store staff to think that he or she might steal these clothes pretending to be a customer.
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