France’s Shame: Macron’s African Policy
His mind clouded with arrogance, Macron was on display as tone deaf and diplomatically irresponsible during his African tour.
His mind clouded with arrogance, Macron was on display as tone deaf and diplomatically irresponsible during his African tour.
There is a lot of really cheap thought flying around today in academic, media, and government industries dealing with political history. One of the chief tenets is that of the intrinsically evil nature of European colonization of much of the world.
According to the BBC, 70% of the African-Caribbean community in the Netherlands believe an apology is important while only 38% of Dutch people as a whole think it is necessary.
Whatever its opinion concerning the Spanish empire, the Descolonícemonos initiative quickly betrayed its abject submission to prevailing ‘woke capitalism.’
Miguel de Cervantes presents us with the mirrored vices of savagery and civilization. Like Tacitus, he celebrates indigenous prerogative to resist foreign excess, even as he asserts the imperial principle.
Another use of the imperial past is possible: one that does not collapse empire into nationality, one that assumes overlapping rather than contradicting spheres.
Twice, the question had been put to Kanaks and French people living on the island. And twice, the result was clear-cut in favour of remaining in France. But that is not enough, and those in favour of independence want to force people to vote again to achieve their goal.
The mere hint that a point of view is outdated serves as a signal that it need not be taken seriously. It can be legitimately vilified and condemned.
October once more brought us that festival called in the United States Columbus Day, in much of Latin America the Dia de la Raza, and