Sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois observed that a dual heritage creates conflict for people of color: an identity conflict of being black and American. Du Bois referred to this duality as __________.

A. Functional conflict
B. The dual-labor market
C. Double-consciousness
D. The double bind


Answer: C. Double-consciousness

Sociology

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