ABSTRACT How do African students who arrive as refugees in the United States navigate a culture and society shaped by the history of slavery? How is their perspective different from that of their American-born peers and do they experience the ‘double consciousness’ that Dubois described in The Souls of Black Folk? This essay examines the experiences of 11th and 12th grade refugee students from Africa, the Middle East and Asia in one classroom in the USA. It explores how cultural knowledge and experiences informed their study of English and what the insights they shared in the classroom revealed about their ability to critique not only the literature but American society and culture.

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双重意识：批判性洞察力和课程丰富的来源

摘要 作为难民抵达美国的非洲学生如何适应奴隶制历史塑造的文化和社会？他们的观点与美国出生的同龄人有何不同，他们是否体验过杜波依斯在《黑人之魂》中所描述的“双重意识”？本文考察了来自非洲、中东和亚洲的 11 和 12 年级难民学生在美国一间教室中的经历。它探讨了文化知识和经验如何影响他们的英语学习，以及他们在课堂上分享的见解揭示了他们不仅批评文学而且批评美国社会和文化的能力。