danial_yazdaniii 's review for:

Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon

3.0

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3.5 stars. Had me in the beginning, lost me in the middle, had me at the end again. So many damn quote-worthy passages in this text. I can see why it is considered seminal and one of the pillars of modernist Black literature. But this doesn’t excuse Fanon from being a dense writer who rambles and loses his readers in the depths of philosophical theory. I feel like I need to read the book again or watch a video essay to fully understand it. I often see readers give Artists of Colour rave reviews despite fundamental flaws in their art. It undermines the point of criticism completely. Fanon’s work, no matter how profound in its message, seems to be a text that fits this category.