In a
March 18
New York Times
article
, Marlene L. Daut, professor at the University of Virginia, who defines herself as a
"black woman of Haitian origin and specialist in French colonialism"
, explains why France should not commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of one of the most famous figures in its history.
Napoleon, whom she describes as an
“icon of white supremacy
”,
“architect of modern genocide”
(sic),
“is not a hero to be celebrated”
.
To read also:
Bicentenary of Napoleon: "Courage, flee"
Madame Daut is lucky.
It has a simple, obvious answer to an incredibly complicated question, confused for centuries, so to speak inextricable, the colonial problematic.
At least to the question of the colonial problem as seen from a democratic and republican country, the incarnation of civilization, which has just given birth to what is now called human rights.
Madame Daut is lucky.
His certainties are solid enough to allow him, two centuries apart, to initiate a trial.
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