B. P. Rinehart’s Reviews > Black Skin, White Masks > Status Update

Two more chapter to go. This preceding chapter is the longest and most controversial of the book.

This was an interesting chapter that seems to be building to his critique of Negritude (a critique that may or may not be a bit superficial for my taste). Much of this book has been influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre, but this last chapter was the most notiably Sartrean, so far.

A lot to chew on in this chapter, but it was very insightful. Might be second favorite chapter from the book so far after the first chapter. One always wonders how much the translation is affecting how I am reading this, but I get the feeling that enough of Fanon’s personality is coming through authentically.

Fanon must of had some fun writing that chapter, and it also had some surprisingly deep insights.

This was a solid first chapter and I think I am getting the rhythm of Fanon’s style.