Colonial inferiority complexes derive from economic conditions, not genetics

Evidence

Fanon, in fact, adopts a more properly Adlerian perspective when he writes “if there is an inferiority complex it is the outcome of a double process: primarily economic and subsequently the internalisation - or better the epidermalisation - of this inferiority” (Fanon, 1986). If the black African patient is suffering from an inferiority complex, and desires to be white, this desire has to be derived from the social structure and the fact that he (sic) lives in a society which makes his inferiority complex possible by proclaiming the superiority of one race over another. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1338 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The feeling of inferiority of the colonized is the correlative to the European’s feeling of superiority. Let us have the courage to say it outright: It is the racist who creates his inferior. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 341 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial rule systematically instills an inferiority complex in the colonized — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 59; Colonized peoples acquire inferiority complexes through suppression of local culture — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 77; Mannoni treats colonial inferiority complexes as pre-existing rather than produced by colonization — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 317 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Fanon derived the black inferiority complex from economic subordination and racial hierarchy #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1338
• The colonized’s inferiority is created by the racist, not innate #corroborates (0.92) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 341