When I write,
I feel French.
When I write, I think of all the black intellectuals who fled to Paris. Though I envy them, I can't help but imagine them as traitorous.
Writing is, in part, a cultural investigation that I have used to explain actions stemming from the myths of international society. Unlike a singular identity group writing in response to their oppression, such as the authors of the Harlem Renaissance, the following works demonstrate the harms international organisations perpetuate. Unfortunately for me, I cannot gallivant off to Paris to escape white supremacist oppression like my Negro predecessors. I would love to wear a Celine belt and a beret with polka dot tights and little Chanel flats, but alas, anti-Blackness and white supremacy infected Paris in 2015.
The Fall of France, the Rise of the Far Right
In the aftermath of World War II, Charles De Gaulle was denied attendance at both reconstructive conferences: Yalta and Potsdam. The resentment would go on to shape postwar French society, as they believed they were 'left behind' by the rest of the West. As such, when de Gaulle passed in 1970, a number of "Make France Great Again" parties emerged and their populism was enthralling. The most prominent politician from this era was Jean-Marie Le Pen, and though he never accessed any meaningful political office, his daughter, Marine Le Pen, inches closer toward French Presidency every year.
Women for
the Taking
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The Negroes' Catch-22
Richard Wright's Harlem Renaissance era texts reflect a subconscious desire to exert dominance over whiteness as a form of liberation. However, there is a danger that comes with conceptualising power within a white supremacist framework: it justifies violence as a means of accessing power. This leads to Black characters, images of Black men, who commit violence because they are grasping fo power. Ultimately, this contributes to negative stereotypes of blackness and reifies white supremacist ideology.
Smallness and Infinity
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Rewriting Rewritten History
Genocide is the crime in which all others pale in comparison. It is separated from crimes against humanity or mass murder by an intent to exterminate a group explicitly on the basis of their ethnicity. Intent, both in domestic and international law, is notoriously hard to prove, and it is for this reason that the crime of genocide has no statute of limitations. However, biotechnology has demonstrated the impact of genocide on the genome.
Sitting Out of International Criminal Law
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