DuBois on Art and Propanda

"All art is propaganda and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy."

~ W.E.B. DuBois, "Criteria of Negro Art"

Double Consciousness

Double Consciousness for W.E.B. DuBois

Someone who is me is not who I am.

Keeps repeating himself

That he remembers my face

But can’t place

The name. Holds long discussions

When I’m not around

With people whom I don’t even like.

They talk bad about me later.

My reputation suffers

And I have to explain myself

To friends.

Someone who is me is not who I am.

By Justin Desmangles