Colonialism is lived in the body and the psyche. Racism shapes how the colonised are seen and how they see themselves.
The longer story
Fanon wrote from the experience of colonial violence and its psychic wounds. 'Black Skin, White Masks' analysed the internalisation of racist devaluation; 'Wretched of the Earth' theorised decolonisation and justified revolutionary violence. The colonised are not just oppressed economically but produced as less than human. Fanon is essential for understanding how colonialism shapes subjectivity and how cultural production participates in either perpetuating or resisting colonial forms. His analysis of national culture during liberation struggles remains urgent.