At first glance it seems strange that the attitude of the anti-Semite can be equated with that of the negrophobe. It was my philosophy teacher from the Antilles who reminded me one day: “When you hear someone insulting the Jews pay attention; he is talking about you.” And I believed at the time he was universally right, meaning that I was responsible in my body and my soul for the fate reserved for my brother. Since then, I have understood that what he meant quite simply was the anti-Semite is inevitably a negrophobe.

Forced to remain on the island French soldiers became "authentic racists. In particular he began socio-therapy which connected with his patients' cultural backgrounds. When he was not confined to his bed he delivered lectures to ALN (Armée de Libération Nationale) officers at Ghardimao on the Algero-Tunisian border.

His life and works have incited and inspired anti-colonial liberation movements for more than four decades. Fanon is known as a radical existential humanist thinker on the issue of decolonization and the psychopathology of colonization.