Racial distinctions operate as active structuring principles, not mere historical residues

Evidence

I said just above that South Africa has a racist structure. Now I shall go farther and say that Europe has a racist structure. It is plain to see that M. Mannoni has no interest in this problem, for he says, “France is unquestionably one of the least racialist-minded countries in the world.” Be glad that you are French, my fine Negro friends, even if it is a little hard, for your counterparts in America are much worse off than you… . France is a racist country, for the myth of the bad nigger is part of the collective unconscious. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 338 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Race and class must be analyzed as articulated, not causally reduced; Race operates as an active structuring principle of present society, not a residue.; Racism is a structural feature of European civilization, not the exception of colonial adventurers — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 338 (+16 more)

Related

• Racism is a structural feature of European civilization, not the exception of colonial adventurers (similarity 0.92)
• Europeans’ racist treatment of Asians marked the real debut of the crime (similarity 0.90)
• Europe itself, not only its colonies, has a racist structure. (similarity 0.89)
• Race replaced medieval citizenship as the principle of European social order. (similarity 0.89)
• Racism originated in internal relations among European peoples, not colonial contacts (similarity 0.87)
• England built its history on racial duality while France long asserted national homogeneity (similarity 0.87)
• Racism is rooted in concrete material conditions, not ruling-class conspiracy or error (similarity 0.86)
• Late-nineteenth-century racial theory was nearly undisputed in European culture (similarity 0.86)
• Race operates as an active structuring principle of present society, not a residue. (similarity 0.86)
• European racial hierarchy is ancient, predating modern slavery (similarity 0.85)
• Imperialism would have invented racism even without prior race-thinking (similarity 0.85)
• European race prejudice would persist even if blacks lived in metropolitan France (similarity 0.84)
• Europeans project their repressed evil onto the racialized Other (similarity 0.84)
• Large Black populations in Greco-Roman society did not produce modern color prejudice (similarity 0.82)
• South African racism resides in its structure, not in petty officials. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Race operates as an active structuring principle of present society, not a residue. #corroborates (1.00)
• Racism is a structural feature of European civilization, not the exception of colonial adventurers #expands (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 338