Frantz Fanon

Fanon describes colonialism as “a world divided into compartments”, split between two different species of the good and the bad, the whites and the darks, the rich and the poor, the powerful and the weak. Such a division causes tensions that cannot be ignored and cannot be taken lightly. To Fanon, true decolonization will eliminate these barriers and promote a society in which “the last shall be first…

White Masks by Frantz Fanon focuses on the psyche of people of color in a white world. The book basically explores what goes through the mind of black people and whites under conditions that have been set by white rule. It mainly expounds on the effects of racism on black people and the society in general. A thorough analysis of the book reveals multiple themes that are echoed throughout the text. This essay will focus on some of the themes in the book. In the introduction, Fanon states that…

would be the Algerian’s fight for decolonization against the French. This occurrence was examined thoroughly through a film called The Battle of Algiers, which allowed the viewers to see the battle from both perspectives, and a book written by Frantz Fanon titled The Wretched of the Earth, where he argued that violence is the only means to ceasing colonization altogether. A great amount of violence was utilized throughout…

Fanon wrote more on this subject in regards to Creole. He quoted Michel Leiris, who said that Creole, which the illiterate spoke exclusively, would soon be a “relic of the past” as education became more accessible to the underprivileged sectors of the population…

and how much her original intent may have been changed, consciously or not, by Nemiroff's work. What is known, however, is Hansberry's determination to use her work as an agent of social change. In the dismantlement of a colonial system as Franz Fanon asserts in his ever relevant book The Wretched of the Earth, he describes the vast difference between the rich and the poor and he explains the means by which the colonizers commands and maintains their power over the colonized. If one should use…

Beginning in 1960, Washington D.C. experienced an influx of new diplomats from developing nations from the so-called Third World. After decades-long efforts of local civil rights activists, the national capital had been largely desegregated at that point in time. However, much to the embarrassment of the Kennedy Administration, this was not true for large parts of Maryland, through which the diplomats had to travel on their way to and from the United Nations headquarters in New York. The…

Illustrated as a dark-skinned older black man, Ruckus constantly is reminding other black people (often times the Freemans) that he has Re-Vitiligo, and that he’s actually white. If you’re familiar with the disorder, Vitiligo, are patches on the skin that begin to lose pigmentation, the inverse would be gaining pigmentation. He hates anything that has to do with being black and makes the extra effort to set himself apart from the negativity he sees in blackness. He would agree with What is…

Observed differences lead to stereotypes. Those stereotypes usher in biases that lead to racism. Racism oppresses, and the oppressed struggle to find way to cope. This unfortunate cycle has plagued the dark skinned for as long as history can tell and has cast a veil over them as they tried to cope with their newfound freedom from slavery and colonialism. W. E. B. Du Bois describes that the veil oppresses the black population by giving them a one-way view of the potential of success available to…

explore how the Western world has attempted to infiltrate the culture and beliefs of the Arab world and its people, and the results and effects this has had on the Arab world and surrounding countries. Specific articles will be focused on such as Frantz Fanon’s “Algeria Unveiled,” which as a primary focus on the veils worn by Arab women, and Alev Cinar’s “Clothing the National Body: Islamic Veiling and Secular Unveiling,” focusing on modern clothing in general. While these articles have a…

Post-colonialisms and Feminisms: The Impacts of Double Colonization on the Female identity in Season of Migration to the North by Altayyeb Saleh , Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe’s and The Inheritance by Sahar khalefa Introduction Does post -colonialism theory have multiple phases like feminism? Is there a fixed postcolonial female identity? What are the impacts of double colonization on the female identify in colonized societies? Post-colonialism is defined in anthropology as the…