The Martinican compares with peers through the white man as standard

Evidence

It may perhaps be objected that if the white man is subject to the elaboration of the imago of his peer, an analogous phenomenon should occur in the Antillean, visual perception being the sketch for such an elaboration. But to say this is to forget that in the Antilles perception always occurs on the level of the imaginary. It is in white terms that one perceives one’s fellows. People will say of someone, for instance, that he is “very black”; there is nothing surprising, within a family, in hearing a mother remark that “X is the blackest of my children”–it means that X is the least white. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 995 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Martinican folk humor codified the absurdity of dark skin in a white world; The white man’s stereotypes and historical images constitute the black man’s identity; Antilleans perceive their fellows through a white frame of reference — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 995

Related

• In the Antilles, perception of people always occurs in white terms (similarity 0.91)
• Antilleans perceive their fellows through a white frame of reference (similarity 0.88)
• Martinican folk humor codified the absurdity of dark skin in a white world (similarity 0.88)
• Antillean identity is contingent entirely on the white Other (similarity 0.87)
• Antilleans claim superiority over Africans by being closer to the white man. (similarity 0.86)
• The Antillean is made white by unconscious processes while lacking white skin (similarity 0.83)
• The Antillean’s unconscious is populated entirely by white archetypes (similarity 0.82)
• Antilleans going to France to confirm whiteness instead encounter their blackness. (similarity 0.81)
• The Antillean’s self-worth is entirely contingent on comparison with others (similarity 0.81)
• A few French phrases in Martinican education shape the young Antillean’s entire worldview (similarity 0.80)
• The Antillean’s sense of self is entirely contingent on the Other’s judgment. (similarity 0.80)
• Antillean folklore and mate-choice rules enforce avoidance of the darkest skin (similarity 0.79)
• Education and refinement could qualify blackness in Antillean social judgment (similarity 0.79)
• A few classroom phrases form the young Antillean’s entire worldview. (similarity 0.79)
• Antilleans internalize European archetypes such that their anima and animus are white (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Antilleans perceive their fellows through a white frame of reference #corroborates (0.85) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 995
• The white man’s stereotypes and historical images constitute the black man’s identity #expands (0.60)
• Martinican folk humor codified the absurdity of dark skin in a white world #qualifies (0.50)