{"footnote":"\u003Cp\u003E  In Martinique the B\u0026eacute;k\u0026eacute;s, who trace their lineage back to a small group of slave-owning families, continue to exercise huge political and economic power. They own most of the island\u0026rsquo;s agricultural  land and agribusiness industry, despite comprising just 1 per cent of its population. An explosive documentary released in 2009, \u003Cem class=\u0022emphasisClass\u0022\u003ELes Derniers Ma\u0026icirc;tres de la Martinique\u003C\/em\u003E, interviewed several  powerful B\u0026eacute;k\u0026eacute;s, some of whom expressed openly racist views. Confiant noted that C\u0026eacute;saire had been reluctant to refer explicitly to the B\u0026eacute;k\u0026eacute;s, criticising them largely through \u0026lsquo;euphemisms,  circumlocutions, periphrases\u0026rsquo;.\u003C\/p\u003E\n","audio":[],"video":[]}