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Discourse on Colonialism
by Aimé Césaire
"They talk to me about progress, about 'achievements,' diseases cured, improved standards of living.
I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificient artistic creations destroyed, extraordinary possibilities wiped out."
I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificient artistic creations destroyed, extraordinary possibilities wiped out."
I've read a couple books now who branched out on Césaire's ideas in this essay, so it was cool reading the original. In Discourse on Coloniallism, Césaire mainly shares quotes from all sorts of white Western people and shares the complete absurdity that was the colonialist mindset. It's insane what people will do or say to convince themselves of someone else's lack of humanity.
"They thought they were only slaughtering Indians, or Hindus, or South Sea Islanders, or Africans. They have in fact overthrown, one after another, the ramparts behind which European civilization could have developed freely.
"They thought they were only slaughtering Indians, or Hindus, or South Sea Islanders, or Africans. They have in fact overthrown, one after another, the ramparts behind which European civilization could have developed freely.