The rejected Black man defines himself as one who waits and investigates.
Evidence
For my own part, I would certainly know how to react. And in one sense, if I were asked for a definition of myself, I would say that I am one who waits; I investigate my surroundings, I interpret everything in terms of what I discover, I become sensitive. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 436
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines Fanon’s proposed self as a waiting, hypersensitive investigator of his surroundings.
- XREF: connects to: Rejected by reason, the black man regresses into irrationality as a deliberate weapon; Hurt by racial hatred, the Black man resolves to defeat white error through reason. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 429
Related
- Rejected by reason, the black man regresses into irrationality as a deliberate weapon (similarity 0.86)
- Hurt by racial hatred, the Black man resolves to defeat white error through reason. (similarity 0.81)
- When recognition is denied, the Black subject resolves to assert blackness forcibly. (similarity 0.79)
- For the black man there is only one destiny, and it is white (similarity 0.78)
- The black man can become locked into his body as mere object (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Hurt by racial hatred, the Black man resolves to defeat white error through reason.
#qualifies(0.45) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 429