The Negro tom-tom symbol provokes the patient’s fear of maternal loss

Evidence

Deep and concentric, the circles expanded and contracted to the rhythm of a Negro tom-tom. This tom-tom made the patient think of the danger of losing her parents, especially her mother. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 727 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

I had a great many talks with this patient. When she was ten or twelve years old, her father, “an old-timer in the Colonial Service,” liked to listen to programs of Negro music. The tom-tom echoed through their bouse every evening, long after she had gone to bed. Besides, as we have pointed out, it is at this age that the savage-cannibal-Negro makes his appearance. The connection was easily discernible. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 747 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Childhood exposure to Negro music triggered fears of imaginary cannibal Negroes; A colonial administrator’s home exposed his daughter to fear of Negroes via tom-tom music; Childhood exposure to Negro music created the patient’s later fear of Negroes — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 747 (+1 more)

Related

• The hypnotic image of Negro drumming triggered the patient’s fear of losing her mother. (similarity 0.94)
• Childhood exposure to Negro music triggered fears of imaginary cannibal Negroes (similarity 0.92)
• A colonial administrator’s home exposed his daughter to fear of Negroes via tom-tom music (similarity 0.91)
• Childhood exposure to Negro music created the patient’s later fear of Negroes (similarity 0.90)

Broader Connections

• The hypnotic image of Negro drumming triggered the patient’s fear of losing her mother. #corroborates (0.80) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 727
• Childhood exposure to Negro music created the patient’s later fear of Negroes #qualifies (0.40) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 747