it's because they haven't read it

:matt-jokerfied:

no seriously, on the recent chapo episode with brace they went on this 10 minute rant about the book and then every admitted they had never read it

good stuff

      • LeninsBeard [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I would warn people in regards to Black Skin, White Masks about 2 things:

        1. It's extremely hard to read without an understanding of Freudian psychoanalysis and is generally a bit of a slog to get through, highly recommend using a supplemental analysis of the book to better understand.

        2. It contains some real bad :brainworms: about women and gender roles in general

      • President_Obama [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        I've read Wretched of the Earth and started Black Skin, White Masks today. I feel like I'm missing something, and maybe you can point out what that is.

        Wretched of the Earth details the destruction of indigenous culture, the resulting colonised mindset alienating both the coloniser and colonised - making a way out of colonial relations seem even more inconceivable, the incomprehensible scale of violence the coloniser uses, and the necessity of transforming economic relations with the coloniser to be truly independent (requiring socialism).

        So far (first 3 chapters) Black Skin, White Masks shows this colonised mindset/the effects of colonisation on black people's psyche in greater detail, though not necessarily explaining why but moreso observing (and observing from a very male perspective).

        Does that seem accurate? What are some key points I missed?