Educated blacks who adopt Western political thought are branded ingrates by their benefactors
Evidence
When a Negro talks of Marx, the first reaction is always the same: “We have brought you up to our level and now you turn against your benefactors. Ingrates! Obviously nothing can be expected of you.” And then too there is that bludgeon argument of the plantation-owner in Africa: Our enemy is the teacher. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 134 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Educated black people are accused of ingratitude toward their white benefactors — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 134; Colonially educated blacks are repudiated by both Europeans and their own race; Educated colonials who adopt radical thought are charged with ingratitude (+2 more)
Related
- Educated black people are accused of ingratitude toward their white benefactors (similarity 0.96)
- Europe-educated colonials are repudiated by the very whites who shaped them. (similarity 0.90)
- Colonial education programs made Negroes into white men then blamed them for their dependence. (similarity 0.84)
- Educated colonials who adopt radical thought are charged with ingratitude (similarity 0.82)
- Colonially educated blacks are repudiated by both Europeans and their own race (similarity 0.81)
- Europeans repudiate the colonial educated in their own image while ignoring his origins (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Educated black people are accused of ingratitude toward their white benefactors
#corroborates(0.95) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 134 - Educated colonials who adopt radical thought are charged with ingratitude
#corroborates(0.85) - Colonially educated blacks are repudiated by both Europeans and their own race
#expands(0.70)