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“La colonisation a partout abouti à des situations humaines dramatiques : en juxtaposant aux conflits de classe des conflits de race, en les alimentant même, en opposant aujourd'hui des victimes à d'autres victimes, en transformant des classes laborieuses en classes dominantes, puisque blanches, dès lors qu'elles étaient "exportées" dans les possessions ultramarines, en interrompant des processus politiques en cours et parfois en les figeant, elle a façonné des sociétés fragmentées, déchirées, apparemment irréconciliables, diamétralement opposées à l'idéal de sociétés métissées vanté dans les discours officiels. Face à ces difficultés, plutôt que d'interroger sa propre histoire coloniale et la pertinence de sa présence outre-mer, la France a bricolé des formes institutionnelles qui n'ont rien réglé, bien au contraire, dans le but d'assouvir ses rêves de grandeur.”

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Mayotte : Département colonie

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