Frantz Fanon studies the psychology of racism and how it stems from colonization. The domination of a group of people causes systemic racism that permeates the society of a region for generations. Structural racism, Fanon posits, is dehumanizing and leads to a feeling of inferiority for the colonized people. This form of racism is deeply entrenched in society and goes further than individual racism. While some people may be individually racist and have racist ideologies, structural racism points to a bigger issue of racial inequality as a normalized idea. This underlying form of racism can be more dangerous than individual racism because it is harder to fight a system of oppression then it is to fight a single person who has oppressive beliefs.
