The Negro in Europe is made inferior, not self-made inferior

Evidence

As long as he remains among his own people, the little black follows very nearly the same course as the little white. But if he goes to Europe, he will have to reappraise his lot. For the Negro in France, which is his country, will feel different from other people. One can hear the glib remark: The Negro makes himself inferior. But the truth is that he is made inferior. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 575 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

What I am asserting is that the European has a fixed concept of the Negro, and there is nothing more exasperating than to be asked: “How long have you been in France? You speak French so well.” — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 135 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Europe’s contact with black peoples made Negroes the projected principle of evil; The colonized person’s inferiority is created by the European’s superiority, not pre-existing.; The colonized’s inferiority is created by the racist, not innate — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 341 (+17 more)

Related

• Going to Europe forces the Negro to reappraise his lot and feel inferior (similarity 0.91)
• Europeans hold a fixed, condescending concept of the Negro (similarity 0.90)
• The colonized person’s inferiority is created by the European’s superiority, not pre-existing. (similarity 0.89)
• Europe’s contact with black peoples made Negroes the projected principle of evil (similarity 0.89)
• Returning to the colonies, the Europeanized Black finds both races reject him. (similarity 0.88)
• The category of the Negro was fabricated in the West, not Africa (similarity 0.88)
• Europe itself, not only its colonies, has a racist structure. (similarity 0.87)
• The colonized’s inferiority is created by the racist, not innate (similarity 0.86)
• A colonized intellectual living in Europe acquires Europe’s racist unconscious (similarity 0.86)
• The racist creates the inferiority of the colonized. (similarity 0.85)
• Reading European literature leads the black colonial subject to enslave himself (similarity 0.84)
• Europeans repudiate the colonial educated in their own image while ignoring his origins (similarity 0.84)
• Europeans project their repressed evil onto the racialized Other (similarity 0.84)
• African disinclination to violence was misread as racial inferiority (similarity 0.84)
• Racism originated in internal relations among European peoples, not colonial contacts (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• The racist creates the inferiority of the colonized. #corroborates (0.80)
• Going to Europe forces the Negro to reappraise his lot and feel inferior #contradicts (0.75) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 575
• Europeans hold a fixed, condescending concept of the Negro #expands (0.70) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 135
• The colonial image of Africa forced blacks into self-contempt #corroborates (0.70) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 474
• African disinclination to violence was misread as racial inferiority #expands (0.60)
• The category of the Negro was fabricated in the West, not Africa #expands (0.60)
• The Negro and whiteness were invented in Europe through scholarly effort #expands (0.55)
• Europe itself, not only its colonies, has a racist structure. #expands (0.50)
• Racism is a structural feature of European civilization, not the exception of colonial adventurers #expands (0.50) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 338