The paternalistic ideology underpinning colonial policy was summed up in a catchphrase used by Governor-General Pierre Ryckmans (1934–46): Dominer pour servir ("Dominate to serve").Vanderlinden, Jacques (1994), Pierre Ryckmans 1891–1959, Coloniser dans l'honneur, Brussels: De Boeck. The colonial government wanted to convey images of a benevolent and conflict-free administration and of the Belgian Congo as a true model colony. Only in the 1950s did this paternalistic attitude begin to change. In the 1950s the most blatant discriminatory measures directed at the Congolese were gradually withdrawn (among these: corporal punishment by means of the feared chicote—Portuguese word for whip). From 1953, and even more so after the triumphant visit of King Baudouin to the colony in 1955, Governor-General Léon Pétillon (1952–1958) worked to create a "Belgian-Congolese community", in which blacks and whites were to be treated as equals.Pétillon, L. A. M. (1967), Témoignage et réflexions, Brussels: Renaissance du Livre. Regardless, anti-miscegenation laws remained in place, and between 1959 and 1962 thousands of mixed-race Congolese children were forcibly deported from the Congo by the Belgian government and the Catholic Church and taken to Belgium.
the paternalistic ideology underpinning colonial policy was summed up in a catchphrase used by governor-general pierre ryckmans (1934–46) dominer pour servir ("dominate to serve")vanderlinden jacques (1994) pierre ryckmans 1891–1959 coloniser dans l'honneur brussels de boeck the colonial government wanted to convey images of a benevolent and conflict-free administration and of the belgian congo as a true model colony only in the 1950s did this paternalistic attitude begin to change in the 1950s the most blatant discriminatory measures directed at the congolese were gradually withdrawn (among these corporal punishment by means of the feared chicote—portuguese word for whip) from 1953 and even more so after the triumphant visit of king baudouin to the colony in 1955 governor-general léon pétillon (1952–1958) worked to create a "belgian-congolese community" in which blacks and whites were to be treated as equalspétillon l a m (1967) témoignage et réflexions brussels renaissance du livre regardless anti-miscegenation laws remained in place and between 1959 and 1962 thousands of mixed-race congolese children were forcibly deported from the congo by the belgian government and the catholic church and taken to belgium