 Equivalent to internalised racism caused by the trauma of living in a culture defining black people as inherently evil, Fanon emphasises the slight existing cultural intricacies caused by the vast diversity of black people and cultures, as well as the nature of their colonisation by white Europeans.The symptoms of such black "Negrophobia" include a rejection of their native or ethnic language in favour of European languages, a marked preference for European or white cultures over black cultures, and a tendency to surround themselves with lighter skinned people rather than darker skinned ones.Similarly, the pattern further includes attributing negative characteristics to black people, culture, and things.