It was becoming clear that the heteroclite army which Fanon and Manville had hoped would free Europe and the world from fascism and racism was in fact structured around an ethnic hierarchy, with white Europeans at the top and North Africans at the bottom. Black colonial troops were seen as superior to Arabs, and the position of West Indians was ambiguous in the extreme. [As Fanon later wrote in Black Skin, White Masks] “the North Africans loathed men of color…The French do not like Jews, who do not like Arabs, who do not like negroes.”

David Macey, Frantz Fanon, 93 and 96.

Woke up at 5:30, listened to a couple of talks about Dogen. Up at 6:30. Coffee, breakfast.
Started working 7:30, before Bree got up — seemed to help to be in my own head. Lasted ’til 10-ish.
Read 3-4 poems JA.
Therapy.
Walked to the park; read chunk of Broven. Listened to most of the Dry Cleaning album again, following w/ lyrics. I don’t think every song turns the trick, but there’s enough going on there that they could break through to something even better.
Needed a nap when I got back.
Couples therapy.
Processed some easy email. Had a bite w/ Bree.
Spent an hour on harmony exercises.
Watched most of recorded Zoom session w/ Anita Allen, Charles Mills, and Bryan Van Norden on Western Philosophy and Racism.
Talked to RJ Smith on the phone for a while, but he had another commitment; going to continue tomorrow.
Lights out about 11. Marketing crit.