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OBJECT RELATIONS | Lewis R. Gordon: Frantz Fanon and Black Conciousness

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The Black Skin White Mask

The book basically says look colonialism and racism have produced a world in which black people are expected to be locked in the epidermal schema. The moment a black person pops up many white people are encouraged to put on the white mask and pretend they're perfect in front of black people Fanon calls that a sickness. If you're angry about being called the n-word all the time about no matter how educated you are not having access to employment by police officers following you and beating you up you're angry for good reasons so ironically they're suffering Fanon notice because they are actually healthy it would be weird to come to say doctor I'm so happy  I'm sexualized all the time

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