Fanon's Three Stages Related To The Indigenous People Of Chiapas
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The passage Shadows of Tender Fury by Subcommander Marcos of the
Zapatista Army explains that the people of Chiapas are currently facing a
period of revolution. The Zapatista army (consisting of Chiapian
campesinos) has risen to combat the intolerant system of oppression by the
Mexican government ....
Middle of paper
.... ships. Not only did these possessions enable them to have
greater brute force, but it took the white man to the level of the gods in
the eyes of the natives. The colonizers could easily take advantage of
this reverence. Fanon states "The effect consciously sought by colonialism
was to drive into the natives' heads the idea that if the settlers were to
leave, they would at once fall back into barbarism, degradation, and
bestiality."(Fanon 211) The colonizers, believing the natives were
sa ....
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