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The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere.

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Frantz Fanon
Age: 36 †
Born: 1925
Born: July 20
Died: 1961
Died: December 6
Essayist
Philosopher
Politician
Psychiatrist
Sociologist
Writer
Fort of France
Frantz Omar Fanon
Ibrahim Fanon
Misfortune
Misfortunes
Killed
Somewhere
Color
White
Men
Inhumanity
Enslaved

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