Interwar French racial regeneration emphasis grew from colonial challenges

Evidence

Indeed, if “inferior” people of color had not challenged French authority in the colonies, the interwar emphasis upon regenerating the white French race at home might not have been so great. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 884

Categorization

• XREF: Puts a causal spine under the colonial-feedback thesis; echoes Edward Said-style contrapuntal readings of empire and metropole.