The Uncle Remus stories encode simultaneous white love-seeking and hatred of blacks

Evidence

Mayotte loves a white man to whom she submits in everything. He is her lord. She asks nothing, demands nothing, except a bit of whiteness in her life. When she tries to determine in her own mind whether the man is handsome or ugly, she writes, “All I know is that he had blue eyes, blond hair, and a light skin, and that I loved him.” It is not difficult to see that a rearrangement of these elements in their proper hierarchy would produce something of this order: “I loved him because he had blue eyes, blond hair, and a light skin.” We who come from the Antilles know one thing only too well: Blue eyes, the people say, frighten the Negro. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 160 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Another solution might be this: There is first of all a sadistic aggression toward the black man, followed by a guilt complex because of the sanction against such behavior by the democratic culture of the country in question. This aggression is then tolerated by the Negro: whence masochism. But, I shall be told, your schema is invalid: It does not contain the elements of classic masochism. Perhaps, indeed, this situation is not classic. In any event, it is the only way in which to explain the masochistic behavior of the white man. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 632 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Blackness symbolizes Evil and Ugliness in white thought; White masochism arises from guilt over sanctioned sadistic aggression toward blacks — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 632; White identification with the Negro springs from projected fear of retaliation (+3 more)

Related

• White masochism arises from guilt over sanctioned sadistic aggression toward blacks (similarity 0.86)
• Black women’s professed love for white men reorders as love of whiteness itself (similarity 0.86)
• Whites defuse Br’er Rabbit stories to protect against their own masochistic admiration (similarity 0.82)
• White men’s racial hatred of Negroes is a disguised sexual revenge (similarity 0.81)
• Colonial desire inverts cause and effect, making whiteness the true object of love (similarity 0.80)
• White identification with the Negro springs from projected fear of retaliation (similarity 0.79)
• The woman of color’s love is directed at whiteness itself, not the man (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Blackness symbolizes Evil and Ugliness in white thought #complicates (0.70)
• Black women’s professed love for white men reorders as love of whiteness itself #exemplifies (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 160
• White masochism arises from guilt over sanctioned sadistic aggression toward blacks #expands (0.55) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 632
• White identification with the Negro springs from projected fear of retaliation #expands (0.50)
• White-imposed dehumanization drives the black subject to seek whiteness #complicates (0.45)