double-consciousness follow-up

amlit338

Thanks for posting that. Feels like hearing of my own funeral!

I wanted to say, if anyone is still listening, that Barbie doesn't have double-consciousness yet, though she could qualify in the future if she breaks through her own ignorance. She'd have double-consciousness IF she understood the dynamic by which people look at her (a woman) and expect to see a thin, blonde, creature. As she isn't yet there, I don't think she qualifies. My bad. I guess the larger point was that there are "dominant culture" expectations on almost everyone that are damaging, just more bad expectations on members of minority groups and on disenfranchised whites (West Virginia miners, for example).

aloha, sms