Saturday, February 24, 2018
Joseph Conrad is the Ethical Mind of Colonial Times
JOSEPH CONRAD versus WHITE COLONIALISM
Joseph Conrad in his Heart Of
Darkness (1899) sends us a message that was a warning in his time and that is
an ethical cry in our time. Will we be able to capture it and to abide by it?
Many people doubt it though a minority here and there are still trying to carry
and keep alight the torch of a better future in diversity and equality, in love
and friendship. Some of these ethical minorities are bored and tired of waiting
and they may fall into the trap of
believing they could make history with violence.
History is not made by individuals or even groups of individuals if
they are not the majority of their society, and even so 72% of Americans want
restrictions on the possession of guns, and yet all, nearly all, political
powers are going to even widen this possession of handguns, including by putting firearms
and handguns in the schools, concealed and
carried by teachers and coaches.
Joseph Conrad can teach us a lesson that is still valid. Let’s
listen to it, let’s dive into the darkness of these old times that is so
present still in the world and in some countries. “Darker than I,” silently say
some white supremacists, “you die.” And die they do, the people who pretend
white supremacy is a crime against humanity and mental sanity. Die they do in
Charlottesville or in so many school shootings.
THE DARKNESS OF WHITE HEARTS
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# posted by Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU @ 3:56 AM 
