The Black psychiatrist who said that white people enslaved themselves through colonization Frantz Fanon, born in 1925 in Martinique, was a towering figure in post-colonial studies, whose work has profoundly influenced anti-colonial liberation movements worldwide. His experiences as a member of the Free French Army and as a psychiatry student in France, where he wrote…
Category: Race
On Top of Our Charred Bones: Many Black People Suffer From Generational Stockholm Syndrome
A Critical Response Essay of W.E.B. DuBois’ “The Souls of Black Folks” In 1903, W.E.B. DuBois, a prominent civil rights activist, published his essay, “TheSouls of Black Folk” where he analyzes his life as a Black man in the United States. In theessay, he calls out the hypocrisy of white Americans because it had been…
War of the Worlds: Black and White Feminists Aren’t On the Same Side
A critical response essay of Audre Lorde’s “I Am Your Sister”