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Fanon's Three Stages Related to the Indigenous People of Chiapas
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 and has attempted to create a better lifestyle for ....
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.... 211) The colonizers, believing the natives were
savages that needed enlightenment, forced European culture upon them. The
Europeans believed that to assimilate the natives to European culture was
to help them progress. Therefore, to return to the old ways would have
been regressing. When the natives objected to the forced assimilation, the
colonizers smothered the rebellious efforts with stronger, more lethal
weapons. Fanon compares the colonizer to a mother who restrains her
"perverse ....
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