User:Strawberries30/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Double consciousness

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This article was chosen because the topic: double consciousness is a big discussion in our African American class discussion, and we had recently discussed about code switching, which is under the umbrella of double consciousness. Double consciousness is an important topic to be discussed because evidently, racism still occurs in the 21st century and African Americans continue to feel a need to separate their identities to gain respect or upwards mobility in this society. My preliminary impression on this topic was that the term "double consciousness" was first used so long ago yet we still continue to see double consciousness in our society. My thoughts to this long-standing racism are that something needs to change.

Evaluate the article
My overall evaluation of the article, "Double Consciousness" is that it is strongly written. To start, the introduction section is concise in its inclusion of the definition of double consciousness, W.E.B. Du Bois' being the first to coin this term, and the importance of double consciousness in post-slavery and modern-day society. The lead included the article's major sections but did not include irrelevant information. As for the content of the article, the information is relevant to the topic and up to date, such as adding "triple consciousness". However, addition of more current experience could be helpful. The article included historically underrepresented populations, such as African Americans but dives deeper into the African American women. However, the addition of the last section, which includes the Black community in Germany could be expanded upon or include other sections of the world because the entire article mostly pertains to African Americans. I also think it would be a good idea to include other forms of double consciousness like code-switching and how different forms of this double consciousness appear today. Within the content, the tone and balance of the article are presented in a neutral view with no claims that appear to be heavily biased towards a particular position or views that are under or overrepresented. The wording of the article does not appear to attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position. Furthermore, the article contains sources that are available for the topic, such as using secondary sources including books and thorough. However, I believe the inclusion of more current sources could be beneficial, especially as we've seen some major changes recently. Nonetheless, the sources that are included are written by a diverse spectrum of authors thus giving more diverse perspectives as well as including historically marginalized individuals, such as those who have also experienced double consciousness. Furthermore, few of the sources are peer-reviewed but I believe more should be included. However, all the article links are accessible. As for the organization and writing quality, the article is written clearly and professionally allowing the article to be read easily by breaking it into various sections. Furthermore, the article contains one image, which is a republished book that contains W.E.B. Du Bois' essay on double consciousness. The image is laid out visually and strategically next to the origin of double consciousness while also adhering to Wikipedia's copyright regulations. Meanwhile, on the Talk page discussion, useful conversation was available to identify the changes the article had undergone. The discussion page stated to include various groups including women, meaning that likely before this article did not mention African American women and their experience of double consciousness. Furthermore, the discussion page also included small edits like grammar, organization of the article, and the addition of where double consciousness originally came from, which was from psychology. Lastly, the talk page discussion was very similar to the in-class discussion by connecting this topic to other topics, such as African American women, which allows analysis of various other groups and not just of African American men. Furthermore, this article is also rated in C-class, as well as being part of a WikiProject. My overall impression of this article is that it is strongly written, especially as seen in the Talk page, various edits were made to allow a more perspective understanding of double consciousness. However, I believe expansion of other countries' experience with the Black community as well as the inclusion of the different forms of double consciousness can exemplify the discrimination that continues today. The article's strengths are the inclusion of different experiences, but its weakness is the lack of modern-day experience. Overall, the article is great initial start in learning about double consciousness.