Franz Fanon

When researching about Franz Fanon, the theme that I saw throughout the records were that he believed in education. He thought that colonization was a terrible thing, although he seemed to have a bias, as he focuses on the oppression of African Americans. His famous quote, " "To speak . . . means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization" (17-18), from his book "Black Skin, White Masks", shows how the power of education can be usefull. He says that if the people of a country are educated enough, they will not fall into the "white mans trap", as Fanon calls it.
I do agree with Fanon, in that if the people of a country are educated then they will more acurately be able to judge when they are being taken advantage of. This happened with the indians in america, where they were not literate enough to know when they were signing away land for a tiny amount of money. I also agree that racism is brought upon by colonization. This is because when colonization happens, the colonizers culture is generally forced upon the nation.
However, it seems to me that Fanon has a narrow minded view, because his focus is entirely on African Americans. Even his book is "Black Skin, White Masks", as well as most of his points. He should realize that colonization, although more frequently happens to third world countries in Africa, happens elsewhere to different ethnicities as well. Another thing is that I read somewhere that he does not give woman equal status as men, and often refers to the whole of humanity as "Men", instead of also including Woman.

http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Fanon.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Fanon (because I did look there, although it wasn't my primary source)