A quote from Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
" Out of the blackest part of my soul, through the zone of hachures, surges up this desire to be suddenly white.
I want to be recognized not as Black, but as White.
But- and this is the form of recognition that Hegel never described-who better than the white woman to bring this about? By loving me, she proves to me that I am worthy of a white love. I am loved like a white man.
I am a white man.
Her love opens the illustrious path that leads to total fulfilment...
I espouse white culture, white beauty, white whiteness.
Between these white breasts that my wandering hands fondle, white civilization and worthiness become mine." (Fanon page 45)
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