Whites defuse Br’er Rabbit stories to protect against their own masochistic admiration

Evidence

These stories belong to the oral tradition of the plantation Negroes. Therefore it is relatively easy to recognize the Negro in his remarkably ironic and wary disguise as a rabbit. In order to protect themselves against their own unconscious masochism, which impels them to rapturous admiration of the (black) rabbit’s prowess, the whites have tried to drain these stories of their aggressive potential. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 622

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: White masochism arises from guilt over sanctioned sadistic aggression toward blacks — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 632; The Uncle Remus stories encode simultaneous white love-seeking and hatred of blacks

Related

• White masochism arises from guilt over sanctioned sadistic aggression toward blacks (similarity 0.85)
• The Uncle Remus stories encode simultaneous white love-seeking and hatred of blacks (similarity 0.82)
• White men’s racial hatred of Negroes is a disguised sexual revenge (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• White masochism arises from guilt over sanctioned sadistic aggression toward blacks #expands (0.75) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 632
• The Uncle Remus stories encode simultaneous white love-seeking and hatred of blacks #complicates (0.60)