Martinican folk humor codified the absurdity of dark skin in a white world

Evidence

Cultural imposition is easily accomplished in Martinique. The ethical transit encounters no obstacle. But the real white man is waiting for me. As soon as possible he will tell me that it is not enough to try to be white, but that a white totality must be achieved. It is only then that I shall recognize the betrayal. –L et us conclude. An Antillean is made white by the collective unconscious, by a large part of his individual unconscious, and by the virtual totality of his mechanism of individuation. The color of his skin, of which there is no mention in Jung, is black. All the inabilities to understand are born of this blunder. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 672 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Martinican compares with peers through the white man as standard; The Antillean is made white by unconscious processes while lacking white skin — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 672; Blackness symbolizes Evil and Ugliness in white thought (+1 more)

Related

• Antillean folklore and mate-choice rules enforce avoidance of the darkest skin (similarity 0.90)
• The Martinican compares with peers through the white man as standard (similarity 0.88)
• The Antillean’s unconscious is populated entirely by white archetypes (similarity 0.88)
• The Antillean is made white by unconscious processes while lacking white skin (similarity 0.88)
• In the Antilles, perception of people always occurs in white terms (similarity 0.83)
• Antillean morality requires erasing blackness from consciousness (similarity 0.83)
• Antilleans internalize European archetypes such that their anima and animus are white (similarity 0.82)
• Educated Black men reject darker compatriots by marrying toward whiteness (similarity 0.80)
• Antillean identity is contingent entirely on the white Other (similarity 0.79)
• The colonized Antillean internalizes the culture that enslaves him (similarity 0.79)
• Martinique’s collective unconscious is European, so blackness triggers fear there too (similarity 0.79)
• Antilleans going to France to confirm whiteness instead encounter their blackness. (similarity 0.78)
• Education and refinement could qualify blackness in Antillean social judgment (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Antillean folklore and mate-choice rules enforce avoidance of the darkest skin #expands (0.70)
• The Antillean is made white by unconscious processes while lacking white skin #corroborates (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 672
• Blackness symbolizes Evil and Ugliness in white thought #corroborates (0.50)