Du Bois is a twentieth century philosopher who talked about black people in the United States at the same time. Du Bois writes about how racial issues influence people’s identities at the time, and going forward. Second sight is how Du Bois refers to the feeling black people have when trying to see the world the live in through two different perspectives, the black side, or the white side. Someone struggling to decide whether to tell on someone at their local job, can be an example of second sight. If you want to tell on that coworker, because they are doing something wrong, they might get fired, and you could take their position but on the other hand, he/she was raised not to snitch on people, leaves this dilemma up to either side of themselves.
