<P> The Color Curtain was widely reviewed in Western media, with reviewers offering praise and criticism . Writing for The New York Times during the month of the book's publication, Tillman Durdin suggested that "Mr. Wright...overplays the color angle and attributes to Asians and Africans uniformity of attitude on color that does not exist . He does not sufficiently bring out that Western manifestations of racial superiority in Asia and, to a lesser degree, even in Africa are largely a by - product of past Western political domination over the two continents ." But elsewhere in the review, Durdin observed, "In his concluding chapter...Mr. Wright correctly poses the crucial question highlighted at Bandung . He asks whether the sensitive and resentful people represented there are to be brought out of their present state of poverty, ignorance and economic backwardness under the aegis of a bloody Communist totalitarianism or through wise and generous aid from the West that will link them with our freer, democratic system ." Elsewhere, The Christian Science Monitor observed that the book was "brilliantly written" but suggested that Wright overstated racial issues, and the Boston Herald gave the book a favorable review, remarking on Wright's unique qualifications and literary talents . </P> <P> The Indonesians who hosted Wright also reacted to Wright's travel account of his travels in Southeast Asia . After reading Wright's Encounter article "Indonesian Notebook" (which was later published in The Color Curtain), Mochtar Lubis responded that Wright "wrote with great passion and feeling" and that "Mr. Wright's notebook makes interesting reading" but that his Indonesian hosts, including "one of the best - known novelists", were "amazed to read Mr. Wright's notebook...in which Mr. Wright quotes them saying things...to which they did not put meaning as accepted by Mr. Wright ." Later in 1956, reviewing the French translation of The Color Curtain, the Indonesian writer Frits Kandou noted that Wright was "able to document various matters rather well . For example, his way of illustrating the colonial mentality was very original ." Elsewhere, Wright's Indonesian hosts Asrul Sani and Beb Vuyk offered commentary and critiques of writing that was published in The Color Curtain . Vuyk's 1960 essay "A Weekend with Richard Wright" has been called "a ferocious newspaper attack" as well as "the most significant account given of Wright's Indonesian travels by any of his interlocutors in Indonesia ." </P> <P> The Color Curtain is frequently cited in narratives of the Bandung Conference and the postcolonial world, appearing as a significant first - hand account in postcolonial and Afro - Asian studies . In 2006, Vijay Prashad stated: "The book that Wright produced from his (Indonesian travels), The Color Curtain, inaugurates our tradition of AfroAsian studies ." Wright's narratives of interaction with Mochtar Lubis, together with other passages from The Color Curtain, also appear prominently in the Indonesian news magazine Tempo's April 2015 special issue on the Bandung Conference's 60th anniversary . </P>

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