Fanon's Passionate Quest to Understand the Blackman analyzes Frantz Fanon's work exploring the psychology of colonialism and its impact on black identity. Fanon argues that colonialism instilled feelings of fear, inferiority and despair in black people, causing many to internalize and strive for whiteness and white acceptance. The document concludes by calling for a new humanism of understanding between all people without racial prejudice.
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1. FANON'S PASSIONATE QUEST
TO UNDERSTAND THE BLACKMAN
Prepared by: Vibhuti V. Bhatt,
M. A. Part 2, Sem 3,
Department of English,
MKBU, Bhavnagar
2. What does man want?
What does a black man want?
The black man wants to be white.
There is but one destiny for the black
man, and it is white.
3. Black Skin, White Masks, explore the
psychology of colonialism.
Fanon says that, We know something about
the impersonal patterns which constituted the
colonial situation.
I am thinking of millions of men who
have been skillfully injected with
fear ,inferiority, complexes,
servility, despair, abasement.
4. Conclusion:
Striving for a New Humanism.
Understanding Mankind.
Our Black Brothers.
I believe in you, Man.
Racial Prejudice.
Understanding and loving.