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Black Skin, White Masks
Black Skin, White Masks | Frantz Fanon
An updated translation of the author's seminal work on black identity and race theory offers insight into its influence on civil rights, anti-colonial, and black consciousness movements throughout the world. Original.
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I have seen Fanon referenced in several recent books I‘ve read, so I was happy to see this pop up at my library. He covers a lot of ground here, but the focus is on how white supremacy and colonialism shapes internalized racism. I absolutely see his influence on discussions of race we are having now, and this published in 1952.

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Happy to have finally read Fanon! Reading this was a bit like looking through blinds; so much is obscured, but rays of dazzling light shoot through. By that I mean it‘s an obviously brilliant work, but a lot of the psychoanalysis and phenomenology went over my head. I‘d definitely like to re-read it more closely in the future.

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I am not a prisoner of History. I must not look for the meaning of my destiny in that direction. I must constantly remind myself that the real leap consists of introducing invention into life. In the world I am heading for, I am endlessly creating myself.

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This book was such a treat. Powerful, thought provoking, and scarily relevant despite its age. Fanon‘s poetic prose is often flowery but never loses its analytical focus. Understanding black consciousness is incredibly important and Fanon‘s displays a myriad of reasons why.

#litsy #book #pick #africanamerican #review #frantzfanon

somebooksaround 🙌🙌🙌 6y
SledgeReader @Qchambers Welcome to Litsy!! 6y
Qchambers @SledgeReader Thank you! 6y
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Qchambers
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“The love that I offer you is pure and strong; it has nothing of false tenderness intended to lull you with lies and illusions...”

A beautiful quote amidst Fanon‘s examination of racial divisions caused by colonialism.

#africanamerican #books #reading #litsy #pick

somebooksaround Niceeee 6y
batsy This book! 💜 6y
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batsy
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"My final prayer:
O my body, make of me always a man who questions!"

Came across a reference to Fanon in #TheSatanicVersesBuddyRead a day or so ago and learned that today is his birthday. He would have been 92. He wrote about the split (fractured) self living with racism, under colonialism, with fierceness, passion, and poetic vigour. Reading him changed my life.

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Essential reading is essential! One of the first books I bought in uni since I knew this one I needed to have on hand📚

#nonfiction #diversebooks

Bibliogeekery Great book! 8y
whatthelog What a classic. I've only read excerpts, I really must read the whole thing. 8y
WOCreads @Bibliogeekery Yass!😃👌 8y
WOCreads @whatthelog Yeah this is one of the few non-fiction works I read cover to cover, so worth it😃 8y
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A stirring quote from Frantz Fanon's psychoanalysis of colonialism's inherent racism and dehumanization of black bodies, which matches Trump's othering of Mexicans and Muslims. This book should be required reading! #blm #theory

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