A white woman’s alienation resulted from childhood fear of the Negro

Evidence

Even when one concedes a constitutional factor here, it is clear that her alienation is the result of a fear of the Negro, a fear aggravated by determining circumstances. Although the patient had made considerable progress, it was doubtful whether she would soon be able to resume a normal life in society. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 750 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Before concluding this chapter, I should like to abstract a case study, for access to which I must thank the medical director of the women’s division of the psychiatric hospital of Saint-Ylie. The case clarifies the point of view that I am defending here. It proves that, at its extreme, the myth of the Negro, the idea of the Negro, can become the decisive factor of an authentic alienation. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 718 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Antillean’s late-realized self-recognition as Negro triggers Negrophobia and neurosis; The patient’s alienation stems from fear of the Negro aggravated by circumstance — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 750; Negrophobic women’s fear arises from imagination, not real danger (+7 more)

Related

• The myth of the Negro can drive genuine psychiatric alienation (similarity 0.92)
• The patient’s alienation stems from fear of the Negro aggravated by circumstance (similarity 0.91)
• The myth of the Negro can itself become a decisive cause of psychological alienation. (similarity 0.86)
• The Antillean’s late-realized self-recognition as Negro triggers Negrophobia and neurosis (similarity 0.85)
• The patient’s psychoneurosis rested on a fear of imaginary Negroes formed at age twelve (similarity 0.85)
• Childhood exposure to Negro music created the patient’s later fear of Negroes (similarity 0.81)
• The white woman’s rape fantasy displaces onto the Negro an aggression the father rejected (similarity 0.80)
• Negrophobic women project onto Negroes the sexual powers their own lives lacked (similarity 0.80)
• Negrophobic women’s fear arises from imagination, not real danger (similarity 0.80)
• White identification with the Negro springs from projected fear of retaliation (similarity 0.79)
• Blackness can be a screen onto which neurosis projects its causes (similarity 0.78)
• The white woman’s pursuit of Negro lovers sought self-dissolution she could not attain (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The patient’s alienation stems from fear of the Negro aggravated by circumstance #corroborates (0.85) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 750
• The myth of the Negro can itself become a decisive cause of psychological alienation. #corroborates (0.80) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 718
• The myth of the Negro can drive genuine psychiatric alienation #corroborates (0.75)
• Negrophobic women’s fear arises from imagination, not real danger #contradicts (0.60)
• The Negro becomes the depositary of the white girl’s uninvested aggression #expands (0.55) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 635
• The patient’s psychoneurosis rested on a fear of imaginary Negroes formed at age twelve #qualifies (0.55) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 746
• Childhood exposure to Negro music created the patient’s later fear of Negroes #qualifies (0.50) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 747
• The white woman’s pursuit of Negro lovers sought self-dissolution she could not attain #expands (0.50) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 616
• The white woman’s rape fantasy displaces onto the Negro an aggression the father rejected #expands (0.50)