just like any other thought in critical race analysis, double consciousness theory cannot be divorced from gender. this is where black feminists have introduced their concept of the triple consciousness. black women not only have to see themselves through the lens of blackness and whiteness, but also through the lens of patriarchy. whenever they are in black spaces, women still have to situate themselves in the context of patriarchy. whenever that they are in fem spaces, they must still situate themselves in the context of their blackness. deborah gray white puts it best when she writes, "african american women are confronted with an impossible task. if she is rescued from the myth of the negro, the myth of the woman traps her. if she escapes the myth of the women, the myth of the negro still ensnares her".