Metropolitan British racism and poverty repelled educated colonial intellectuals.

Evidence

England, with its ever-broadening, grubby, dark poverty, its “low-life” fascists actively aligned and identified with factions of the ruling classes, its vulgar displays of racism (which “inexplicably” victimized those among the colonials who were proudest of being British), and its political mediocrity, inspired contempt, not confidence. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1261

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Encountering metropolitan England’s racism shattered colonial Blacks’ faith in the Empire. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1261; Colonial intellectuals felt dislocated from both family and their own people; Colonially educated blacks are repudiated by both Europeans and their own race (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Encountering metropolitan England’s racism shattered colonial Blacks’ faith in the Empire. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1261; Colonial intellectuals felt dislocated from both family and their own people; Colonially educated blacks are repudiated by both Europeans and their own race (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Encountering metropolitan England’s racism shattered colonial Blacks’ faith in the Empire. #corroborates (0.95) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1261