Condescension - An editorial by Venance Konan

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Connectionivoirienne May 24, 2021 11:27 a.m.

Condescension - An editorial by Venance Konan

It is about the story imagined by Tournier of the three "wise men" who, according to the Bible, were the first to adore and honor the child Jesus and of which the legend would have it that one of them was a Black.

Apparently, over the course of the various translations and rewritings of the Bible, yet a sacred book, someone has found it difficult to accept that the sacred text which founded the Judeo-Christian civilization admits that a woman is black and beautiful and that the 'a poem as beautiful as the "Song of Songs" is dedicated to him.

And the footnote reads: "The swarthy complexion must have been that of the historic Egyptian wife of Solomon; here, it is that of a girl tanned by the work in the fields and who is compared to Bedouin tents woven with goat hair.

Even if there is a real friendship between the two men, politeness would have liked in public, the minister to use "you" towards the president.

To drown his heartache, he leaves his kingdom and follows the comet that will lead him to the cradle of the baby Jesus.

Because, obviously, in Tournier's mind, a black man is necessarily disgusting for a white woman, even a slave.

Don't beware of my dark complexion: it was the sun that burned me.

His title of king excuses him for being black, in a way.

There was no way he, General de Gaulle, the great white chief, would follow the protocol of a Negro king.

Don't beware of my swarthy complexion: it was the sun that scorched me.

In his memoirs, Jacques Foccart recounts that the protocol of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia required that his visitors retreat by walking backwards.

No doubt that at that time, this was how French society as a whole saw the relationship between whites and blacks.

The first time he has sex with her, she can't help but throw up.

Basically this: "I am black, that is to say the dregs of society, but, please don't mind, I am still king"..

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