Racism originated in internal relations among European peoples, not colonial contacts

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 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Jung universalized what was only European childhood psychic material; The colonized person’s inferiority is created by the European’s superiority, not pre-existing.; Plantation slavery produced juridical racism, not the reverse (+14 more)

Related

• Europe itself, not only its colonies, has a racist structure. (similarity 0.93)
• Race replaced medieval citizenship as the principle of European social order. (similarity 0.90)
• Racism is a structural feature of European civilization, not the exception of colonial adventurers (similarity 0.90)
• Europeans’ racist treatment of Asians marked the real debut of the crime (similarity 0.89)
• Imperialism would have invented racism even without prior race-thinking (similarity 0.89)
• European racial hierarchy is ancient, predating modern slavery (similarity 0.88)
• Racial distinctions operate as active structuring principles, not mere historical residues (similarity 0.87)
• Europeans project their repressed evil onto the racialized Other (similarity 0.85)
• Racism is rooted in concrete material conditions, not ruling-class conspiracy or error (similarity 0.85)
• England built its history on racial duality while France long asserted national homogeneity (similarity 0.85)
• Late-nineteenth-century racial theory was nearly undisputed in European culture (similarity 0.84)
• European racism predates African enslavement and originated as intra-European domination (similarity 0.84)
• The Negro in Europe is made inferior, not self-made inferior (similarity 0.83)
• The colonized person’s inferiority is created by the European’s superiority, not pre-existing. (similarity 0.83)
• European racial ideology predates colonial encounters and was extended to non-Europeans later (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• European racialism originated in intra-European caste ordering, not color #expands (0.90)
• Racism is a structural feature of European civilization, not the exception of colonial adventurers #corroborates (0.80) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 338
• Colonial racism welded dynastic legitimacy to national community by universalizing inherited superiority #corroborates (0.75)
• Racism is a constitutive, foundational element of colonialism rather than an incidental detail. #corroborates (0.60)