Black men compulsively seek to prove intellectual equality to white men

Evidence

There is a fact: White men consider themselves superior to black men. … There is another fact: Black men want to prove to white men, at all costs, the richness of their thought, the equal value of their intellect. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 38 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The black man aims all efforts at achieving a white existence.; For the black man the white man is master, not merely The Other; White superiority belief coexists with black men’s compulsion to prove their intellect — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 38 (+3 more)

Related

• White superiority belief coexists with black men’s compulsion to prove their intellect (similarity 0.95)
• Negroes’ strivings aim to prove black civilization to whites (similarity 0.93)
• The black man aims all efforts at achieving a white existence. (similarity 0.88)
• The black man’s need to prove equality aims to convince himself, not others (similarity 0.84)
• The anguished Negro must prove his whiteness to himself and others (similarity 0.82)
• The black man’s only perceived escape from insignificance leads into the white world. (similarity 0.80)
• The black man becomes black only in relation to the white man (similarity 0.80)
• Intelligence and philosophy have justified extermination as well as equality (similarity 0.80)
• Philosophy and intelligence justify both egalitarian and exterminationist positions (similarity 0.80)
• For the black man there is only one destiny, and it is white (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• White superiority belief coexists with black men’s compulsion to prove their intellect #expands (0.80) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 38
• Negroes’ strivings aim to prove black civilization to whites #expands (0.70)
• The anguished Negro must prove his whiteness to himself and others #expands (0.65)
• The black man’s need to prove equality aims to convince himself, not others #qualifies (0.55) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 238