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European he has no further respite, and “is it not understand-
able that thenceforward he will try to elevate himself to the white
man’s level? To elevate himself in the range of colors to which he
attributes a kind of hierarchy?” 32
We shall see that another solution is possible. It implies a
restructuring of the world.

32. Claude Nordey, L’homme de couleur (Paris, Collection “Présences,” Plon,
1939).

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