![]() ![]() ![]() In the second movement of the book, Gordon complicates this definition by distinguishing between black consciousness and Black consciousness. Rather, it is a result and function of the historical development of how people collectively come to see the world and, above all, to recognize that they are seeing the world that way and why. Consciousness is not an equation of the identity of individuals or communities with an abstract idea of how they think. First, he explores the characteristics and qualities of “white consciousness,” the collective thought patterns that dominate in anti-black societies like the U.S. What is Black consciousness, and who fears it? The author answers these questions in two major interrelated movements. ![]() Gordon’s most recent book raises two questions. ![]()
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