Kerry James
2012.
France.
vo French.
s Spanish.
5’
A letter to The Republic To all those racists with hypocritical tolerance To all those who built their nations on blood Now portraying themselves as preachers To all those wealth looters Murderers of Africans, All those colonialists Torturers of Algerians, This colonial past is yours It was you who intertwined our stories Now you must be held responsible for your actions You smell like blood, even if you bathe in perfume We are not here by accident Each arrival has its own departure. You developed a taste for immigration But now you suffer from indigestion. (...)
