When the native is confronted with the colonial order of things, he finds he is in a state of permanent tension. The settlers world is a hostile world, which spurns the native, but at the same time it is a world of which he is envious... This hostile world, ponderous and aggressive because it fends off the colonized masses with all the harshness it is capable of, represents not merely a hell from which the swiftest flight possible is desirable, but also a paradise close at hand which is guarded by terrible watchdogs. #TheDistrict
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 04:53:08 +0000
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