The Souls of Black Folk

I have noticed many questions from student's lately about Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk and have been brushing up on the text.  Du Bois argues that there is a "double consciousness" of black Americans living "within the Veil."  This strikes me as being very similiar to much of what Obama is asserting in his recent speech on race: 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/18/obama-race-speech-read-t_n_92077. html

Thoughts? 

Very interesting. I think what DuBois was describing has been a constant for any African-American in the modern age, and something Obama has dealt with in a unique way. For one thing, being half-white might mean that he has a "triple consciousness". Secondly, his father was an African student, so his roots do not trace back to the slave narrative that is common for many African Americans.

It would be really interesting to go back and re-read The Souls of Black Folk, considered through the lense of this historic candidacy.