Antilleans dominate others by dismissing them as fools rather than facing them

Evidence

It is not so much conceptual errors as “Creolisms” with which the dangerous man is belabored. He was put in his place once and for all: nothing to be done about it. The Antillean is characterized by his desire to dominate the other. His line of orientation runs through the other. It is always a question of the subject; one never even thinks of the object. I try to read admiration in the eyes of the other, and if, unluckily, those eyes show me an unpleasant reflection, I find that mirror flawed: Unquestionably that other one is a fool. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 755

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘flawed mirror’ motif echoes Fanon’s earlier treatment of the white gaze that denies the black man reflection. — connects to: The Antillean’s self-worth is entirely contingent on comparison with others — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 753; Antilleans perceive their fellows through a white frame of reference — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 995; Returning Antilleans signal allegiance through French speech or dialect

Related

• Antillean identity is contingent entirely on the white Other (similarity 0.81)
• The Antillean’s self-worth is entirely contingent on comparison with others (similarity 0.81)
• Antilleans claim superiority over Africans by being closer to the white man. (similarity 0.81)
• Antilleans perceive their fellows through a white frame of reference (similarity 0.80)
• In the Antilles, perception of people always occurs in white terms (similarity 0.79)
• The Antillean’s sense of self is entirely contingent on the Other’s judgment. (similarity 0.79)
• The Martinican compares with peers through the white man as standard (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Antilleans perceive their fellows through a white frame of reference #expands (0.65) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 995
• Returning Antilleans signal allegiance through French speech or dialect #expands (0.50)