The myth of the Negro can drive genuine psychiatric alienation

Evidence

Before concluding this chapter, I should like to abstract a case study, for access to which I must thank the medical director of the women’s division of the psychiatric hospital of Saint-Ylie. The case clarifies the point of view that I am defending here. It proves that, at its extreme, the myth of the Negro, the idea of the Negro, can become the decisive factor of an authentic alienation. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 718 (#expands, via linked claim)

Even when one concedes a constitutional factor here, it is clear that her alienation is the result of a fear of the Negro, a fear aggravated by determining circumstances. Although the patient had made considerable progress, it was doubtful whether she would soon be able to resume a normal life in society. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 750 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Antillean’s late-realized self-recognition as Negro triggers Negrophobia and neurosis; A white woman’s alienation resulted from childhood fear of the Negro; Black alienation is a social phenomenon, not merely individual psychology. (+8 more)

Related

• The myth of the Negro can itself become a decisive cause of psychological alienation. (similarity 0.94)
• A white woman’s alienation resulted from childhood fear of the Negro (similarity 0.92)
• The patient’s alienation stems from fear of the Negro aggravated by circumstance (similarity 0.91)
• Black alienation is a social phenomenon, not merely individual psychology. (similarity 0.84)
• The Antillean’s late-realized self-recognition as Negro triggers Negrophobia and neurosis (similarity 0.84)
• The black man’s alienation is explained by sociogeny, not merely individual psychology. (similarity 0.84)
• The patient’s psychoneurosis rested on a fear of imaginary Negroes formed at age twelve (similarity 0.81)
• Alienated educated Negroes either embrace their difference or bury themselves in a mystical past (similarity 0.80)
• Black alienation requires sociogenic analysis beyond individual psychoanalysis (similarity 0.80)
• Blackness can be a screen onto which neurosis projects its causes (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The myth of the Negro can itself become a decisive cause of psychological alienation. #expands (0.85) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 718
• The patient’s alienation stems from fear of the Negro aggravated by circumstance #qualifies (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 750