Packet O: Tossup 12

E. Franklin Frazier analyzed how a form of this concept led to cultural elitism with a focus on material acquisition in his book Black Bourgeoisie. A form of this concept among Black women is indicated by imposing self-definition, according to Patricia Hill Collins’s book Black Feminist Thought, which pairs this concept with “Knowledge” and “the Politics of Empowerment.” In one book, a form of this concept is introduced as “measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused (10[1])contempt and pity.” (10[1])The section “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” (10[1])introduced a form of this concept as a “sense (-5[1])of always looking at one’s (-5[1])self (10[3])through the eyes of (10[1])others.” (10[1])For 10 points, a “two-ness” among Black people is described by W. E. B. Du Bois (-5[1])as the “double” (10[1])form of what concept, (10[1])the awareness of one’s (10[1])existence? ■END■ (10[2])

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