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A review by nathanieldecker
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Amazing analysis of racism and the impacts of colonialism on the minds of both colonized and colonizer. 

Was great to read after Aimé Césaire’s Discourses on Colonialism. Fanon did a great job building upon and refining the concepts presented in Discourses.

I found some of the Dream analysis a bit more poetic than scientific but it is very beautifully poetic.

The distinction Fanon draws between race and class is interesting and I want to explore more deeply and definitely will need to reread that section.