French society grants educated colonial subjects status only by denying their Negro identity

Evidence

The Negro is a slave who has been allowed to assume the attitude of a master. … The white man is a master who has allowed his slaves to eat at his table. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 791 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: White society accepts the educated black only by denying he is genuinely black; French institutions denied Black intellectuals the universality they pursued.; French colonial freedom only lets the Negro mimic, not be, a master — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 791 (+10 more)

Broader Connections