Antillean Negro

A term used in Frantz Fanon’s analyses of colonial psychology to refer to Black individuals from the French Antilles (e.g., Martinique). The concept captures the internalized racism and identity struggles of Antillean Blacks, who may scapegoat other Black people (“niggers”) and equate mastery of French language with increased whiteness and humanity.

Claims that use this term

• The young Antillean Negro makes the nigger the scapegoat of his moral life
• For the Antillean Negro, mastery of French proportionally increases perceived whiteness and humanity.