The Ring and the Ruse:
What the Bullfight Taught Me About Colonialism
The Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla is one of the most beautiful arenas I have ever stood inside. That sentence alone should tell you something about the complexity of what I am about to say.
The ring is immaculate. Ochre sand raked into perfect symmetry. Baroque tiers of white and gold rising around you in a horseshoe of br…
