[Educated blacks] Society refuses to consider them genuine Negroes. The Negro is a savage, whereas the student is civilized. "You're us," and if anyone thinks you are a Negro he is mistaken, because you merely look like one.
Frantz FanonAbout author
- Author's profession: Psychologist
- Nationality: french
- Born: July 20, 1925
- Died: December 6, 1961
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