Entries (RSS)Archive for October, 2010
Strong Measures
“At the time described in this book, in fact, to put a Congolese to work or to get him to work, it was necessary to use a stick. Today, in certain environments, to send children or adults into the fields, it is necessary to do it with strong measures.”
Posted by eatbees on 22 Oct 2010 at 05:48 under Culture, Imperialism, Race.
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Small Disappointments
How many times I’ve wished that the power of dreams could have saved us! If, while we were sleeping, each of us could have shaped her true world, the world of her imaginings, perhaps the hard edges of life, its brutal realism, its crushing logic of cause and effect, would have loosened, leaving space for miracles.
Posted by eatbees on 21 Oct 2010 at 15:34 under Personal.
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