Summary of Frantz Fanon & Richard Philcox's Black Skin, White Masks

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. This title has been generated using AI Audio.

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#1

The black man who has lived in France for a certain amount of time changes genetically. His phenotype undergoes a permanent mutation. He becomes demigod in his home country, and when he returns, he is treated as such.

#2

The black Antillean, prisoner on his island, feels the call of Europe like a breath of fresh air. He believes that the world will open up as borders are broken down.

#3

The black man who enters France changes because the métropole is where his knowledge of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire comes from. He also changes because the métropole is where his doctors, his departmental superiors, and countless little potentates come from.

#4

The black man likes to palaveer, and it is only a short step to a new theory that the black man is just a child.