Yes and I think that the key missing link is generational wealth. In the US, Black history is at least discussed through slavery, segregation and civil rights. It’s incomplete but the conversation exists. In France, Black history is almost entirely absent from the national narrative. And I think that’s because acknowledging Black history would require acknowledging that French generational wealth (sugar, coffee, chocolate) was built on Black bodies.
That’s the thread I’m trying to pull on with this series.
Yes and I think that the key missing link is generational wealth. In the US, Black history is at least discussed through slavery, segregation and civil rights. It’s incomplete but the conversation exists. In France, Black history is almost entirely absent from the national narrative. And I think that’s because acknowledging Black history would require acknowledging that French generational wealth (sugar, coffee, chocolate) was built on Black bodies.
That’s the thread I’m trying to pull on with this series.