W. E. B Dubois Double Consciousness Analysis

. According to W.E.B DuBois double consciousness is the idea that people can have more than one social identity. As a result of double consciousness this creates the burden of one having issues devolving their own self-identity in society. This correlates to his idea of a veil. A veil creates the separation between what people can see from the outside in society to what oneself see’s from their own experiences. For example, a bride in a wedding uses her veil to cover her face and she can see out of it but no one can see into it.