Antilleans claim superiority over Africans by being closer to the white man.

Evidence

It may perhaps be objected that if the white man is subject to the elaboration of the imago of his peer, an analogous phenomenon should occur in the Antillean, visual perception being the sketch for such an elaboration. But to say this is to forget that in the Antilles perception always occurs on the level of the imaginary. It is in white terms that one perceives one’s fellows. People will say of someone, for instance, that he is “very black”; there is nothing surprising, within a family, in hearing a mother remark that “X is the blackest of my children”–it means that X is the least white. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 995 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Antilleans internalize European archetypes such that their anima and animus are white; Antilleans going to France to confirm whiteness instead encounter their blackness.; For the black man the white man is master, not merely The Other (+5 more)

Related

• Antilleans perceive their fellows through a white frame of reference (similarity 0.90)
• Antillean identity is contingent entirely on the white Other (similarity 0.88)
• In the Antilles, perception of people always occurs in white terms (similarity 0.88)
• Antilleans going to France to confirm whiteness instead encounter their blackness. (similarity 0.87)
• The Martinican compares with peers through the white man as standard (similarity 0.86)
• For the Antillean Negro, mastery of French proportionally increases perceived whiteness and humanity. (similarity 0.86)
• Fanon’s claims are scoped to Antillean blacks, not Africans (similarity 0.86)
• Antilleans internalize European archetypes such that their anima and animus are white (similarity 0.85)
• The Antillean is made white by unconscious processes while lacking white skin (similarity 0.83)
• The Antillean’s unconscious is populated entirely by white archetypes (similarity 0.83)
• The Antillean journey to France to become white reveals his real black face (similarity 0.83)
• The Antillean’s self-worth is entirely contingent on comparison with others (similarity 0.82)
• The Antillean’s sense of self is entirely contingent on the Other’s judgment. (similarity 0.82)
• Inferiority in Antilleans is collective and environmental, not individual (similarity 0.81)
• The colonial seeks French refinement to prove he has measured up (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Antilleans perceive their fellows through a white frame of reference #expands (0.80) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 995
• The Antillean’s Negrophobia springs from an internalized white moral code #expands (0.70)
• Antilleans pursue French refinement to prove cultural adequacy to themselves #expands (0.60)