Antillean self-worth depends entirely on comparison with others

Evidence

The Negro is comparison. There is the first truth. He is comparison: that is, he is constantly preoccupied with self-evaluation and with the ego-ideal. Whenever he comes into contact with someone else, the question of value, of merit, arises. The Antilleans have no inherent values of their own, they are always contingent on the presence of The Other. The question is always whether he is less intelligent than I, blacker than I, less respectable than I. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 753 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

This process, quite apart from all bonds based on shared substantive interests, will often lead to actual relations between the elements of any two—or of many—groups that have been made alike in this way. One observes this, for example, in the international sympathy that aristocrats hold for one another. To an astonishing degree, these feelings of solidarity are independent of the specific character of the individuals concerned, a matter that is otherwise decisive in determining personal attraction and repulsion. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 595 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Antillean’s sense of self is entirely contingent on the Other’s judgment.; Antillean comparison is governed by a social rather than a personal fiction.; The Antillean’s self-worth is entirely contingent on comparison with others — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 753 (+8 more)

Related

• The Antillean’s self-worth is entirely contingent on comparison with others (similarity 0.94)
• The Antillean’s sense of self is entirely contingent on the Other’s judgment. (similarity 0.93)
• Antillean comparison is governed by a social rather than a personal fiction. (similarity 0.91)
• Antillean identity is contingent entirely on the white Other (similarity 0.86)
• Antillean inferiority is governed by a social fiction rather than a personal one (similarity 0.83)
• Antilleans claim superiority over Africans by being closer to the white man. (similarity 0.80)
• Antillean neurosis is social rather than individual in origin (similarity 0.80)
• Antillean inferiority is social, not individual, because all Antilleans share it (similarity 0.80)
• Antilleans perceive their fellows through a white frame of reference (similarity 0.80)
• Inferiority in Antilleans is collective and environmental, not individual (similarity 0.80)
• Human worth depends on recognition by another person (similarity 0.79)
• In the Antilles, perception of people always occurs in white terms (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The Antillean’s self-worth is entirely contingent on comparison with others #corroborates (1.00) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 753
• Formal similarity of social position creates solidarity regardless of personal character #expands (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 595
• Human worth depends on recognition by another person #expands (0.60)
• Antillean inferiority is social, not individual, because all Antilleans share it #expands (0.50) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 758
• Self-certainty requires recognition from the other #expands (0.50)