Problem: DuBois wrote of a "peculiar sensation." What was this "peculiar sensation?" O No answer text provided. O DuBois is referring to identity as "a dividing line that is created between those who have the power to define a person's characteristics and those who are pressured into upholding the dominant group's features" -- a peculiar sensation or second sight in which one cannot see oneself or society. O DuBois was referring to how African Americans have second-sight, or a double-consciousness, a way of looking at themselves through the eyes of others (that is, through the eyes of the white culture and its dominant norms), and Rojas suggests that this second-sight or double-consciousness is familiar to anyone who is marginalized or an outsider. O DuBois is referring to the "feeling" that one is always being watched by the police or by parents or by other authorities, and Rojas suggests that this "peculiar sensation" is familiar to anyone who is marginalized or an outsider.