FRANTZ FANON AND THE ALIENATION OF BLACK AND WHITE IN THE COLONIAL SYSTEM
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From the reading of Black skin, white masks, I propose in this article to reflect on the ideas of Frantz Fanon about the alienation of black and white in the colonial system. The objective is to recover some of his most important contributions to the understanding of colonial racism from his alienation theory. Fanon presents alienation as a stage prior to slavery and colonialism, necessary for the maintenance of economic exploitation, and he analyzes the identity behaviors of "self-shame" as a result of colonial domination. He accurately describes the impact of racism and colonialism and its destructive effects on how alienation mechanisms determine black-white relations and replicate the hierarchies that govern these relations. Resume Fanon's thoughts and recognize the relevance and timeliness of his contributions are fundamental in order to reassign the struggle against all forms of domination in the continuation of the fight against colonialism at a time that racial identity and racism have more than proven their ability to persist in time and space.
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