Fanon distinguished systemic, self-directed, and revolutionary liberating violence under colonialism

Evidence

Writing in the context of anticolonial struggle, he distinguished between three kinds of violence - the systemic racism through which colonialism attempts to reduce its subjects to subhuman status; the individualized black on black violence which arises from identification with the aggressor and the inversion of political hatred into neurotic selfhatred; and finally the revolutionary violence which liberates blacks from the structures of oppression that have imposed a false white self upon them (Fanon, 1986; Macey, 2000). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1336

Categorization

• DEFINE: Lays out Fanon’s threefold taxonomy of colonial violence, a useful definitional anchor for vault claims invoking Fanon.
• XREF: Connects to vault claims on racialization and internalized inferiority; Fanon’s neurotic self-hatred echoes earlier notes on psychological helplessness under slavery. — connects to: Fanon distinguished three kinds of colonial violence with distinct political meanings — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1336; Fanon held that revolutionary violence forges collective identity in the colonised. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 869

Broader Connections

• Fanon distinguished three kinds of colonial violence with distinct political meanings #expands (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1336
• Fanon held that revolutionary violence forges collective identity in the colonised. #expands (0.72) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 869