the first portion of black power labeled "white power" by kwame ture (formerly known as stokely carmichael) and charles v. hamilton provides evidence backing up the ideology of double consciousness in regards to black people in the united states. the book opens up by defining racism as "the predication of decisions and policies on considerations of race for the purpose of subordinating a racial group and maintaining control over that group" (hamilton & ture, 3). therefore the subordinating group, black people, must think of themselves in terms of the oppressive population, white. individual racism and institutional racism both contribute to double consciousness. on an individual level double consciousness is practiced within every day interactions and on an institutional level it impacts how black people function throughout society. "black people are legal citizens of the united states with, for the most part, the same legal rights as other citizens. yet they stand as colonial subjects in relations to the with society." therefore, while the black population in the united states are essentially equal to whites under written law, there remains deeply rooted inequities between the races and therefore reinforce double consciousness. because these differences are not evident under the constitution and the bill of rights, they are an experience.