Violence, Veiling, Unveiling.

From his experience in Algeria, Fanon claimed to be awakened and aware of the oppressive nature of colonialism and the Algerian struggle to resist French colonial rule. Strongly sympathizing towards those who choose to resist and rebel against French control, Fanon’s work, "The Wretched of the Earth" and "Algeria Unveiled" are forthcoming as anti-colonial texts that illustrate the prevalent desire of one who is oppressed in a colonized environment, to be “freed” and to achieve freedom through violence and/or "unveiling". While I can understand certain critiques claiming Fanon's texts/texts are "taxonimizing" the role of the veil for Algerian woman as "emulous", I think it is important to look at Fanon's work as one that is in support of questioning dominant ideals and of the revolutionary, rather then in defense of colonization and control. He states in the Wretched of the Earth, “‘The colonized man liberates himself in and through violence. This praxis enlightens the militant because it shows him the means and the end,’” exemplifying the reality that those who are colonized are therefore subconsciously or consciously viewed as primitive by the colonizer and must consequently retaliate in a "primal"/violent way. Similarly in "Algeria Unveiled," I believe that Fanon is trying to emphasize "unveiling" as a tactic that could be used by Algerian women to "revolutionize," and retaliate against the oppression of colonization that has been re-appropriated in many different forms. While I am not necessarily making claim to agreeing with his point entirely, I do believe it is incredibly interesting and thought-provoking. Should violence and/or unveiling be advocated as a tactic to conduct social change, or more-so as a means to illuminate the wider implications of a historical conflict of those who are oppressed by colonization? Can those who are colonized achieve independence and/or freedom without being violent or needing to "unveil"?