Women of color internalize prohibited white assets because they feel inferior

Evidence

Whether one is dealing with Mayotte Capécia of Martinique or with Nini of Saint-Louis, the same process is to be observed. A bilateral process, an attempt to acquire-by internalizing them–assets that were originally prohibited. It is because the Negress feels inferior that she aspires to win admittance into the white world. In this endeavor she will seek the help of a phenomenon that we shall call affective erethism. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 213

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces ‘affective erethism’ as the mechanism of the whitening project.
• SEED: Angle: the educated class as locus where the bilateral internalization of prohibited assets is most visible.
• XREF: connects to: The Negress feels inferior and seeks whiteness by internalizing prohibited assets.; The woman of color’s love is directed at whiteness itself, not the man; Antillean women seek whiteness through desiring lighter-skinned partners — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 171 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The Negress seeks white admittance out of felt inferiority via affective erethism #corroborates (0.85)
• Educated women of color who disavow blackness pass that pathology on to students #expands (0.60)