Wretched of the Earth Chapters 1 & 2

Reading throughout chapters 1 and 2  of Frantz Fannon’s “Wretched of the Earth”, there were lots of ideas thrown out there, important ideas especially. One of these ideas that first caught my attention was in the beginning where Fannon explains to us that no matter how it is done, decolonization is always a violent act. Although that seems like something that should already be known, this statement really jumped out at me because of his reasoning. He goes on to further explain his previous statement by telling his readers that whenever there is a sudden replacement of a group, or “species”, of people by a whole other set of people, there was definitely some sort of violent act that had to occur. Especially without any transition of these people being removed, if it’s just done abruptly then people for sure where forced. After reading this, I’ve come to realize that it only makes sense. Decolonization is a phenomenon that changes the order of the world. I can’t help but to agree with Frantz Fannon because although decolonization is an act that seemly gets swept under the rug like nothing ever happened, people are always affected throughout the process and most definitely in the end. Whether it’s the stigma of those people or what the world now perceives them as. Therefore the act never goes unnoticed. Even if improvement of a place is needed, force should never be implemented.