Black Skin, White Masks (Penguin Modern Classics)

The book is profoundly insightful of the importance of the colonial period and the impact on the masks of race and the deeply embedded issues of race and colour in the current period and as a conceptual framework to understand health and mental health.

The book talks about a sensitive matter that I don’t know of many blacks want to admit: the inferiority complex in black peoples as a result of white supremacy.There could not be white supremacy without black inferiority. We fight white supremacy but forget that if the devil can defeat you in your mind, he no longer needs to fight you, you’ll fight yourself.The style of writing at times was too poetic and I felt I may have missed some points cause I could not get it.For the most part, I am better for reading this book and would highly recommend!

This is an essential book for anyone interested in decolonial and race theory, particularly for those with a focus on the wider Atlantic world and Caribbean. An insightful read that will introduce you to Fanon’s oeuvre.

Mind opening to effects of history.

Just read it and FEEL the past, FEEL injustice all around us. Fanon slick, disarming, brilliant and erudite when he needs to be. Voices like this aren't born. They're CREATED by that around them.

Used towards my English literature studies and have been fascinated by the thought processs of emigrants - it is a book that showcases the need for the black man to conform to european and white standards and deals with so much more.

As expected

FF says it as it is and backs it with prudent observation.