The Antillean’s sense of self is entirely contingent on the Other’s judgment.

Evidence

The Negro is comparison. There is the first truth. He is comparison: that is, he is constantly preoccupied with self-evaluation and with the ego-ideal. Whenever he comes into contact with someone else, the question of value, of merit, arises. The Antilleans have no inherent values of their own, they are always contingent on the presence of The Other. The question is always whether he is less intelligent than I, blacker than I, less respectable than I. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 753 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Everything that an Antillean does is done for The Other. Not because The Other is the ultimate objective of his action in the sense of communication between people that Adler describes, but, more primitively, because it is The Other who corroborates him in his search for self-validation. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 756 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The encounter with the real white man triggers the Antillean’s recognition of betrayal; Antillean identity is contingent entirely on the white Other; The Antillean’s self-worth is entirely contingent on comparison with others — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 753 (+8 more)

Related

• The Antillean’s self-worth is entirely contingent on comparison with others (similarity 0.95)
• Antillean self-worth depends entirely on comparison with others (similarity 0.93)
• Antillean identity is contingent entirely on the white Other (similarity 0.91)
• Antillean action seeks the Other’s corroboration rather than genuine communication (similarity 0.85)
• The encounter with the real white man triggers the Antillean’s recognition of betrayal (similarity 0.84)
• Antilleans perceive their fellows through a white frame of reference (similarity 0.83)
• Antillean comparison is governed by a social rather than a personal fiction. (similarity 0.82)
• Antilleans claim superiority over Africans by being closer to the white man. (similarity 0.82)
• In the Antilles, perception of people always occurs in white terms (similarity 0.82)
• The Antillean’s unconscious is populated entirely by white archetypes (similarity 0.80)
• Fanon’s claims are scoped to Antillean blacks, not Africans (similarity 0.80)
• Sartre’s Other-concept fails for black consciousness because the white man is also master. (similarity 0.80)
• The Martinican compares with peers through the white man as standard (similarity 0.80)
• Antilleans going to France to confirm whiteness instead encounter their blackness. (similarity 0.79)
• Antillean morality requires erasing blackness from consciousness (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The Antillean’s self-worth is entirely contingent on comparison with others #corroborates (0.92) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 753
• Antillean self-worth depends entirely on comparison with others #corroborates (0.92)
• Antillean action seeks the Other’s corroboration rather than genuine communication #expands (0.80) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 756
• Antillean comparison is governed by a social rather than a personal fiction. #qualifies (0.75)
• Sartre’s Other-concept fails for black consciousness because the white man is also master. #complicates (0.70) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 965
• Inferiority in Antilleans is collective and environmental, not individual #expands (0.60)