Vaidehi Hariyani

1. Use of Color in
Popular media
with reference to
“Black Skin and
White Masks”
Prepared by
Vaidehi Hariyani
Semester -3
Batch- 2015-17
Department of English,MKBU

2. “Black Skin, White Masks”(1952)
• Frantz Fanon
• Deals with psychology
of racism.
• Originally it was the
manuscript of the
doctoral thesis.
• Divided into 8 parts

3. • 8.)Way of
conclusion
• 5.)The lived
experience
of the Black
man
• 4.)The
Dependenc
y of the
colonized
• 1.)The
Black man
and
Language
2.)The
woman of
color and the
White man
3.)The man of
color and the
White
woman
7.)The Black
man and
recognition
6.)The Black
man and
Psychopathol
ogy

4. • “We are the chosen
people; look at the
color of our skin. The
others are black or
yellow. That is
because of their sins.”
- Frantz Fanon

5. Advertisements
• Most of the
advertisements
represent an
archetypal racial
mindset.
• Desire to become
white….

6. Bollywood Movies
Fashion

7. Daily soaps

8. Song lyrics
• Hum kale hai to kya hua dilwale hai…..
• Gore Gore mukhde pe kala kala chashma….
• Kanudo kalo kalo, radha che gori gori….
• Gori hai kalaiyan….
• Chittiyan Kalaiyan re…oh baby meri white
kalaiyan hai…

9. What is color?
• Color is a fact.
• Whether you are black or white, you have to
accept certain limitations.
• Color here is a mental state.
• “The white man is sealed in his whiteness. The
black man in his blackness.”
• There are no binaries, desire is common to all.

10. Fanon begins his work with the idea of
humanism.
“Towards a new humanism
Understanding among men
Our colored brothers
Mankind, I believe in you…
Race prejudice
To understand to love.”

11. Conclusion
• All these problems of racial discrimination are
mental constructions.
• It is humanism that is important not color.

12. Reference
• https://www.youtube.com/
• Google Images
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Skin,_Wh
ite_Masks
• Classnotes (23/8/2016) – Prof.Balaji
Rangnathan (Central University)

13. Thank You…..
• For questions and suggestions…..
• Email – vaidehi09hariyani@gmail.com