Colonial interrogation compelled complete forced confession regardless of truth

Evidence

Since I could stand no more, I said to him, “All right, I’ll accept the first part of your statement.” M. Baron replied, “No, I don’t want the first part, I want it all.” “Am I supposed to lie, then?” “Lie or no lie, you must agree to what I tell you… .” — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 942

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Coerced confessions force victims to accept fabrications as truth; Truth serum torture destroys victims’ capacity to distinguish true from false; Colonial administrative documents exceeded the demands for proof and causation (+3 more)

Related

• Coerced confessions force victims to accept fabrications as truth (similarity 0.80)
• Colonial authority pre-emptively silences the colonized’s own testimony (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Truth serum torture destroys victims’ capacity to distinguish true from false #corroborates (0.70)
• Colonial administrative documents exceeded the demands for proof and causation #expands (0.55)