Past Is Not DeadA study of the genealogy and perpetuation of stereotyping Through one figureBadin, an eighteenth century Afro Caribbean slave given to the Swedish royal courtAllan Pred shows how stereotypes endure through the repeated confusion of facts and fiction, providing a highly original perspective on the perpetuation of racializing stereotypes in the West. In the first of two interlocking montages inspired by Walter Benjamin, the book focuses on Badin, who