Red Menace The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon: On Violence and Spontaneity
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Oct 22, 2019 AI Snips
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Decolonization as a Violent Transformation
- Decolonization is always a violent event, involving a confrontation between the colonizer and colonized.
- This violence transforms the colonized, creating "new men" with a new rhythm, language, and humanity.
Colonialism's Divided World
- Colonialism uses violence to create a divided world, separating colonizers and the colonized.
- The colonized, driven by envy and resentment, dream of replacing the colonizer.
Race as the Primary Dividing Line
- In colonial societies, race is the primary dividing factor, not just an ideological superstructure.
- Wealth and race are intertwined; "you are rich because you are white, you are white because you are rich."