Colonized Negroes believe breaking down frontiers will open the world

Evidence

There is a psychological phenomenon that consists in the belief that the world will open to the extent to which frontiers are broken down. Imprisoned on his island, lost in an atmosphere that offers not the slightest outlet, the Negro breathes in this appeal of Europe like pure air. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 86

Categorization

• DEFINE: Fanon names and defines a specific psychological phenomenon driving the Antillean’s flight toward Europe.
• XREF: connects to: Colonized islanders believe the world will open once they leave for Europe.