Returning blacks are mocked for imperfect French as a weapon against them

Evidence

Those black women suffered most whose behavior best exemplified that of a “lady”. A black woman dressed tidy and clean, carrying herself in a dignified manner, was usually the object of mud-slinging by white men who ridiculed and mocked her self-improvement efforts. They reminded her that in the eyes of the white public she would never be seen as worthy of consideration or respect. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 174 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Returning educated blacks appear to have gained something previously lacking; White men mocked black women who most resembled white ladies. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 174; Antillean Negroes in France wage an obsessive war against the R-eating stereotype. (+3 more)

Related

• White men mocked black women who most resembled white ladies. (similarity 0.85)
• Returning to the colonies, the Europeanized Black finds both races reject him. (similarity 0.79)
• Antilleans arriving in France wage war on the R-eating stereotype through diction drills (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Antillean Negroes in France wage an obsessive war against the R-eating stereotype. #expands (0.70)
• Returning to the colonies, the Europeanized Black finds both races reject him. #expands (0.60)
• White men mocked black women who most resembled white ladies. #exemplifies (0.55) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 174
• Returning educated blacks appear to have gained something previously lacking #complicates (0.50)