The Wretched of the Earth

The Wretched of the Earth | Frantz Fanon

I am explaining the evils of racism , imperialism, and colonialism to Crosby as mentioned in this book, but I think grooming is really what‘s on his mind.I love my reading buddy .#catsoflitsy

LeahBergen That nose! I need to *boop* it. 😆 4y

batsy Adorable! 4y

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TheLibrarian What a cute kitty!! 😻 4y

Leftcoastzen @LeahBergen I do *boop* it !😆Did you keep reading

The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters

LeahBergen Yes! I really enjoyed it. 👍🏻 4y

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conny

The Wretched of the Earth | Frantz Fanon

#ReadYourSign prompt no.4: Virgo element “Earth” in title, cover, or in the book.

My first book choice here in the wake of George Floyd and in support of #BlackLivesMatter.

batsy A brilliant book! 4y

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batsy

The Wretched of the Earth | Frantz Fanon

Thanks @jdtchicago for tagging me for #phil5. #icantread about philosophy without rolling my eyes about how dead, white & male it is. Here are some who may not be credited as philosophers because elitism, but who conceptualised different modes of thinking about class, gender, race, colonialism, sexuality, and caste & who influenced me: Karl Marx, Simone de Beauvoir, Frantz Fanon, Judith Butler, B. R. Ambedkar

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Cinfhen Nice 👍🏻😍 7y

merelybookish They count in English departments. 😁 But maybe not in philosophy departments? 7y

batsy @merelybookish Yeah, true! There's a weird split. I have some pent up issues with philosophy departments based on my uni experience 😬 7y

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TheKidUpstairs @batsy I only lasted a couple of days in my first year philosophy class in Uni. The assigned readings intrigued me, but my god was the prof awful. 7y

batsy @TheKidUpstairs I had the same experience with profs. One in particular made fun of Asian languages, names, and told me he was surprised I did well considering how philosophy is not an "Asian thing". Of course he was a tenured professor... ? 7y

merelybookish @batsy OMG that's horrible! What an ass. I do think philosophy is more conservative than some of the other disciplines. And attracts some egomaniacs. I had a friend in grad school who took a philosophy class and was the only student in the class not named John. (It was a small class, but still...) 7y

batsy @merelybookish 😂😂 In my year there was one class filled with Andrews. 7y

merelybookish @batsy Clearly some very diverse classes.🙄🤣 7y

Centique @batsy I can‘t believe that awful professor you had! 😡😡😡 7y

Pruzy Simone de Beauvoir is better than Sartre! 7y

batsy @Pruzy I've a soft spot for him as my intro to existentialism, also his support for Fanon. But otherwise, yes, I think so too 😉 7y

RohitSawant Terrific picks! And that's awful about the prof you mentioned. Just wow. He probably believes in phrenology, too... 7y

batsy @rohit-sawant Thank you! And yes, it's entirely possible he does 😡 7y

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GoneFishing

The Wretched of the Earth | Frantz Fanon

And it is clear that in the colonial countries the peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The starving peasant, outside the class system is the first among the exploited to discover that only violence pays. For him there is no compromise, no possible coming to terms; colonization and decolonization is simply a question of relative strength.

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