A colonial official paired crude racial stereotype with precise individual-level political assessments

Evidence

But these scripts are not all he conveys. They are followed by incisive portraits of persons who can be trusted; subtle familiarity with the hierarchy among the Balinese elite; awareness of the “transparent maneuvers” of Dutch officials who hide behind the native rulers; of native rulers who are maligned but are yet to be trusted; of individual Balinese of unsavory char- 38 A good example is prescribed by Marvin Olasky, who coined the terms for George Bush’s manifesto for “compassionate conservatism.” — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 1392

Categorization

• QUESTION: How did officials like Valck reconcile their dependence on individual native alliances with their generic caricatures — a co-existing rather than sequential mental stance?