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michaelion's review against another edition
4.75
Historical nonfiction, in my experience, is very repetitive, but here it works. It also works that the books begins (in either the foreword or the preface, idk, 68 pages before we get to the meat of the text is crazy) with whichever writer mentioning that critics of the book have complained that the book doesn't give a good enough blueprint on what revolutionary actions they should take nexts. You fools. You spineless clowns. Fanon literally says over and over here's how the colonizer distracts you and the way forward is not gonna be the same for everyone. The repetition is to show that while every story and its circumstances are different, the root of all their problems come from the same source.
It's depressing that this book published when my grandmother was born (and has since passed) is still relevant to today. I hope it is not relevant by the end of my life time. I hope that people look back at this book as a cautionary tale, a reminder of our history we cannot forget and always, constantly relearn to remember what not to do and how to move forward.
Also kinda fucked up his parents named him Frantz. Sounds like France. Is / Was that a common name?
Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gore, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Torture, Colonisation, Racism, Classism, Murder, Slavery, Violence, War, Death, Genocide, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Deportation, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Rape
Minor: Vomit and Abandonment
mariebrunelm's review against another edition
Graphic: Violence, Colonisation, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Genocide, Sexual violence, and Mass/school shootings
katharina90's review
4.0
At times the writing feels a bit dense. Not sure if it's the translation from French to English, or maybe just the style of a different era that I had a hard time connecting with.
Moderate: Racism, Mental illness, Colonisation, Murder, Violence, Rape, Torture, and Racial slurs
Minor: Eating disorder and Domestic abuse
savvylit's review
4.0
The last third of The Wretched of the Earth is composed of case studies from Fanon's work as a psychiatrist in Algeria. The case studies cover a range of folks from colonizer to colonized, from youth to elderly, and are a disturbingly fascinating look at how colonization traumatizes everyone. Fanon's case studies demonstrate the fact that to be colonized is to have trauma. This portion demonstrates the need for freedom from occupation in a manner that is both chilling and undeniable. If only we, as a global society, could heed Fanon's call.
Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, War, Genocide, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
funeraldancer's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Colonisation, Mental illness, and Racism
Moderate: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
nahar's review
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Gore, Blood, Colonisation, War, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Racial slurs
woweewhoa's review
4.75
Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Murder, Rape, Violence, and Sexual violence
lochlemon's review
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, War, Xenophobia, and Racism
Moderate: Murder, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
maurits's review
3.25
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, War, Racism, Racial slurs, and Mental illness
Moderate: Rape, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, and Slavery
Minor: Eating disorder
coldcojones's review
4.75
Graphic: Colonisation, Mental illness, and Racism