Enslavement and killing man constitute the twin disasters of both races
Evidence
This work represents the sum of the experiences and observations of seven years; regardless of the area I have studied, one thing has struck me: The Negro enslaved by his inferiority, the white man enslaved by his superiority alike behave in accordance with a neurotic orientation. Therefore I have been led to consider their alienation in terms of psychoanalytical classifications. The Negro’s behavior makes him akin to an obsessive neurotic type, or, if one prefers, he puts himself into a complete situational neurosis. In the man of color there is a constant effort to run away from his own individuality, to annihilate his own presence. Whenever a man of color protests, there is alienation. Whenever a man of color rebukes, there is alienation. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 214 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Both the colonized Negro and the colonizing white man suffer a neurotic alienation — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 214
Related
- The colonized Negro’s embrace of negritude style feels like theft to the white man. (similarity 0.87)
- Both the colonized Negro and the colonizing white man suffer a neurotic alienation (similarity 0.87)
- Both colonizer and colonized behave neurotically toward each other. (similarity 0.83)
- Both colonizer and colonized behave as neurotics trapped by inferiority and superiority. (similarity 0.82)
- Both colonizer and colonized carry disasters, yet the black man must reject retroactive reparations. (similarity 0.81)
- Both colonized and colonizer behave according to a neurotic orientation (similarity 0.81)
- Racist whites and alienated blacks both exhibit pathological rather than normal human psychology. (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Both the colonized Negro and the colonizing white man suffer a neurotic alienation
#expands(0.70) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 214