“Conquest occurred through violence, and over-expolitation and oppression necessitate continued violence, so the army is present. There would be no contradiction in that, if terror reigned everywhere in the world, but the colonizer enjoys, in the mother country, democratic rights… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“The colonialist's existence is so closely aligned with that of the colonized that he will never be able to overcome the argument which states that misfortune is good for something. With all his power he must disown the colonized while… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“To be sure, the church has greatly assisted the colonialist; backing his ventures, helping his conscience, contributing to the acceptance of colonization even by… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“Colonized painting, for instance, is balanced between poles. From excessive submission to Europe resulting in depersonalization, it passes to such a violent return to… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
There is a strange kind of tragic enigma associated with the problem of racism. No one, or almost no one, wishes to see themselves… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“Conquest occurred through violence, and over-expolitation and oppression necessitate continued violence, so the army is present. There would be no contradiction in that, if… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“Every colonial nation carries carries the seeds of a fascist temptation in its bossom. What is fascism if not a regime of oppression for… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“Nothing could better justify the colonizer's privileged position than industry, and nothing could better justify tge colonised 's destitution than his laziness. The mythical… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“All efforts of the colonialist are directed toward maintaining thsi social immobility, and racism is the surest weapon this aim. Racism appears then, not… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“The colonialst as the custodian of the values of civilization and history, he accomplishes a mission; he has the immense merit of bringing light… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“Colonial racism is built from three major ideological components: One, the gulf between the culture of the colonialist and the colonized: two, the exploitation… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“For it is not without cause that one needs the police and the army to earn one's living or force and injustice to continue… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“It is not easy to escape mentally from a concrete situation, to refuse its ideology while continuing to live with its actual relationships.” — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
Racism does not limit itself to biology or economics or psychology or metaphysics; it attacks along many fronts and in many forms, deploying whatever… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
