The colonial subject fears being discovered, dreading the world’s reaction to his true self

Evidence

It is Bigger Thomas–he is afraid, he is terribly afraid. He is afraid, but of what is he afraid? Of himself. No one knows yet who he is, but he knows that fear will fill the world when the world finds out. And when the world knows, the world always expects something of the Negro. He is afraid lest the world know, he is afraid of the fear that the world would feel if the world knew. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 549 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Negro’s fear is of his own unknown self being discovered — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 549; Colonial hysteria manifested in murderous acts for settlers but suicide-like self-exposure for the colonized; Colonial selfhood is constituted through the violent gaze of the Other. (+1 more)

Related

• The Negro’s fear is of his own unknown self being discovered (similarity 0.88)

Broader Connections

• The Negro’s fear is of his own unknown self being discovered #corroborates (0.85) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 549
• Colonial hysteria manifested in murderous acts for settlers but suicide-like self-exposure for the colonized #expands (0.60)