The colonized’s inferiority is created by the racist, not innate

Evidence

The feeling of inferiority of the colonized is the correlative to the European’s feeling of superiority. Let us have the courage to say it outright: It is the racist who creates his inferior. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 341

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Fanon’s larger thesis on Black Skin White Masks: the mask is imposed by the white gaze, and inferiority is manufactured by the racist structure, not endogenous. — connects to: The colonized is forced to wear the stereotype the colonizer has sewn for him; Both colonizer and colonized behave as neurotics trapped by inferiority and superiority.; The colonized person’s inferiority is created by the European’s superiority, not pre-existing. (+17 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 341

Broader Connections

• The racist creates the inferiority of the colonized. #corroborates (0.95)
• The Negro in Europe is made inferior, not self-made inferior #corroborates (0.90)
• Society’s racist structure creates and perpetuates the colonized patient’s inferiority complex. #corroborates (0.85) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 360
• Colonized peoples acquire inferiority complexes through suppression of local culture #expands (0.75) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 77
• Colonial oppression transforms the colonized psyche wholesale rather than adding to it #expands (0.70) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 347
• Colonial domination distorts the colonized’s relationship with their own culture and traditions #expands (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 421