In this chapter, Fanon shares his thoughts on how language choice reveals

some of the effects oppression has had on the black psyche. He points out
that, for black people, "to speak is to exist absolutely for the other"
meaning that the language one chooses to communicate with requires
that he or she "assume a culture, support the weight of a civilization". Key
to this theory is the notion that, in the oppressed black mind, there is the
tendency to equate European culture and whiteness with humanity. Thus,
"the Negro will become whiter--become more human--as he masters the
white man's language".