Antilleans perceive their fellows through a white frame of reference

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

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the Antillean’s imaginary-level perception: seeing others always in white terms, measured by degrees of whiteness.
• XREF: Directly serves the reader’s focus on how locally-raised black subjects internalize a white measuring stick for themselves and others. — connects to: Antilleans internalize European archetypes such that their anima and animus are white; The encounter with the real white man triggers the Antillean’s recognition of betrayal; Antillean identity is contingent entirely on the white Other (+13 more)

Related

• In the Antilles, perception of people always occurs in white terms (similarity 0.93)
• Antillean identity is contingent entirely on the white Other (similarity 0.92)
• Antilleans claim superiority over Africans by being closer to the white man. (similarity 0.90)
• The Martinican compares with peers through the white man as standard (similarity 0.88)
• The Antillean’s unconscious is populated entirely by white archetypes (similarity 0.86)
• The Antillean’s self-worth is entirely contingent on comparison with others (similarity 0.85)
• The encounter with the real white man triggers the Antillean’s recognition of betrayal (similarity 0.85)
• The Antillean is made white by unconscious processes while lacking white skin (similarity 0.84)
• Antilleans internalize European archetypes such that their anima and animus are white (similarity 0.84)
• Antilleans going to France to confirm whiteness instead encounter their blackness. (similarity 0.84)
• The Antillean’s Negrophobia springs from an internalized white moral code (similarity 0.84)
• The Antillean’s sense of self is entirely contingent on the Other’s judgment. (similarity 0.83)
• Antillean morality requires erasing blackness from consciousness (similarity 0.83)
• Antillean Negrophobia stems from equating blackness with immorality via ‘ethical transit’ (similarity 0.82)
• Antillean neuroses stem from a white cultural situation imposed through media (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• The Antillean’s Negrophobia springs from an internalized white moral code #expands (0.80)
• White-imposed dehumanization drives the black subject to seek whiteness #corroborates (0.65)
• The white man’s stereotypes and historical images constitute the black man’s identity #corroborates (0.60)