very similarly to du bois, frantz fanon touched upon the term of double consciousness in his life. in his first book, "black skin, white masks", where he expressed his hopelessness at being neither white nor black. fanon identifies the double consciousness that african americans face and its source; he claimed the cultural and social confusions of african americans were caused by european culture. he gave examples of things that he has encountered that demonstrate the double consciousness. he talks about people who preach about completely conforming to being white and says that they are wrong. he also says that the people who believe that complete rejection of whites are also wrong.