Rejected by reason, the black man regresses into irrationality as a deliberate weapon
Evidence
I had rationalized the world and the world had rejected me on the basis of color prejudice. Since no agreement was possible on the level of reason, I threw myself back toward unreason. It was up to the white man to be more irrational than I. Out of the necessities of my struggle I had chosen the method of regression, but the fact remained that it was an unfamiliar weapon; here I am at home; I am made of the irrational; I wade in the irrational. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 447 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
I felt knife blades open within me. I resolved to defend myself. As a good tactician, I intended to rationalize the world and to show the white man that he was mistaken. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 429 (
#contradicts, via linked claim)
For my own part, I would certainly know how to react. And in one sense, if I were asked for a definition of myself, I would say that I am one who waits; I investigate my surroundings, I interpret everything in terms of what I discover, I become sensitive. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 436 (
#contradicts, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The figure of the black mugger condensed anxieties into authoritarian populism; Hurt by racial hatred, the Black man resolves to defeat white error through reason. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 429; Rejection by white reason drove blacks to embrace irrationality — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 447 (+3 more)
Related
- Hurt by racial hatred, the Black man resolves to defeat white error through reason. (similarity 0.88)
- Rejection by white reason drove blacks to embrace irrationality (similarity 0.88)
- The rejected Black man defines himself as one who waits and investigates. (similarity 0.86)
- White-imposed dehumanization drives the black subject to seek whiteness (similarity 0.80)
- When recognition is denied, the Black subject resolves to assert blackness forcibly. (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Rejection by white reason drove blacks to embrace irrationality
#corroborates(0.90) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 447 - Hurt by racial hatred, the Black man resolves to defeat white error through reason.
#contradicts(0.85) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 429 - The rejected Black man defines himself as one who waits and investigates.
#contradicts(0.70) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 436 - When recognition is denied, the Black subject resolves to assert blackness forcibly.
#expands(0.60) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 414 - Black radical violence turned inward toward collective being rather than outward against the system
#contradicts(0.55)