Alleged Negro sensuality is a culturally imposed stereotype, not a physical attribute.
Evidence
M. Salomon’s study informs us that he is a physician. He should be wary of those literary points of view that are unscientific. The Japanese and the Chinese are ten times more prolific than the Negro: Does that make them sensual? And in addition, M. Salomon, I have a confession to make to you: I have never been able, without revulsion, to hear a man say of another man: “He is so sensuall” I do not know what the sensuality of a man is. Imagine a woman saying of another woman: “She’s so terribly desirable–she’s darling… .” The Negro, M. Salomon, gives off no aura of sensuality either through his skin or through his hair. It is just that over a series of long days and long nights the image of the biological-sexual-sensual-genital-nigger has imposed itself on you and you do not know how to get free of it. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 713
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to Fanon’s broader thesis in this book that white projection constructs the Negro as biological-sexual object—parallels his other chapters on the white gaze. — connects to: Perceived Negro sensuality is a cultural imposition, not an inherent quality; Camptown sexual exploitation results from deliberate human decisions, not natural male behavior.; Black professional achievement did not shield women from being labeled whores. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 184
Related
- Perceived Negro sensuality is a cultural imposition, not an inherent quality (similarity 0.92)
- Camptown sexual exploitation results from deliberate human decisions, not natural male behavior. (similarity 0.82)
- The fantasy of Negro sexuality exceeds any actual sexual experience with them (similarity 0.80)