(1952) - Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon

In Black Skin, White Masks (1952), Frantz Fanon grapples with the psychological effects of colonialism and racism on Black individuals, particularly the alienation and internalized inferiority they experience in a white-dominated society. He argued that the colonized Black person, in seeking acceptance from the colonizer, becomes estranged from their authentic identity, leading to a distorted sense of self. Fanon emphasized the need for a radical reassertion of Black identity and dignity, beyond the destructive desire for integration into a white society.