History of racism: A French taboo
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2020
- As protests against racial prejudice continue across the world, we look at how discrimination and xenophobia materialise in specific ways in France. We begin with a look back at the history of this French taboo. Next, we take a look at police violence and how some current and former officers have started speaking out. Lastly, we speak to activist and Professor Maboula Soumahoro, who looks at why language and republican ideals add an extra level of complexity to the issue.
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I am surprised that the French aren't saying in their defense, "we loved Josephine Baker so how could we be racist?"
What’s the reason they accepted baker and James Balwin?
Taboo? They openly love their racism
and so do most western nations
I’m french and france should be for whites only
Bwahahaha no they don't you racist!!!
@@emiliospowerballer1441 doesn't make it right
I experienced racism as a tourist, just WTF.
What happened ?
Same😂
It's not racism. It's just a normal behaviour with an idiot like yourself. Do you really think France could be the most visited country in the world if french were racists ?
@@olelain You begotten race. Are you here to teach me what's the difference between this and that?
Moreover, tourists don't visit the country because of its people.
@@RaidenCast I'm far from teaching the truth to the others, unlike visibly yourself
Liberté, Égalité et Fraternité - is the biggest hypocrisy in the world
@Anon Anon
Then why is there still slavery in Africa and in Muslim countries to this day? There's basically a highway of speedboats between Tunisia and Italy (never successfully held colonies, btw) where a bunch of North Africans are making bank off sending future debt-slaves (or in yesterday's case, terrorists) into societies they have no business in after essentially paying for a $5000 Uber to escape non-existent conflict....
The western nations were the first to abolish slavery. It took the rest of the world to get with it. What color do you think the first seller of slaves to the colonists was, may I ask? ;]
The biggest hypocrisy in the world is the USA's Constitution.
@Alex Cyriac
Sergpie is speaking the bitter truth.
Harlem Hell Figther and Eugene Bullard...
@@sergpie he was a white man.
France needs to admit that the large amount of immigrants from strikingly different cultures have caused a culture clash that they didnt plan for in their education, job, housing budgets. They need to bring in immigrants into every sphere of the country(performing arts, science, military, education, etc). Socialization into French culture is a process that usually takes 2-3 generations to achieve in most countries. Every school from grade 1 to colleges should provide education about French history and culture.
The people native to Europe are entitled to their own identities and communities.
Soumahoro just addressed France's - or to be more precise the 5th republic's' - main issue very clearly. To fix a problem, you have to acknowledge there is a problem in the first place. And as long as it's colonial and collaborationist past won't be aknowledged they won't be able to move forward and fix the issues that stem from that.
i studied and lived in Germany for 7 years, never had a contact with police. I go on a road trip through France Alzace , the very second day stopped by Police for no reason, maybe driving while looking like a middle eastern, they check my papers and call somebody, 15 mins laterthey let me be without thank you or apology, pure rudeness and arrogance! we know in Germany how arrogant they are!
You can't blame them. Your people cause a lot of trouble in Western countries.
It's "hands off my buddy" as my friend or pal. Not "my body". "Touche pas à mon pote" = "Don't touch my pal".
Wow, Maboula was so succinct and interesting to listen to. I've spent a lot of time in Paris. Funnily enough, my first experiences beyond holidays as a child were in the area this interview took place. It had such a positive effect on me. I learnt French and kept coming back year after year. I'm a white male from the uk who had a long term relationship with an arabic woman from Paris originally from North Africa. Her family, friends and everyone were all kind to me. It was one of the best times of my life actually. I only once experienced a remotely racial incident towards myself for dating her by a drunk passer-by. It meant nothing to me but a lot to her. Be kind to each other. We don't all mean to harm one another :)
That African lady is a very Smart woman
Soumahoro? She's French.
Peter Murray she’s african🧐. She’s from Africa
@@ibrahimadiop7074 Haha - she's French!!!! What a country.....that France.....
Sge is black not african maybe she is French
@@gzggvgfhcxy9755 she’s African. Look at her last name
A young African Boy asked his mother which soccer team he should support?
Why you support any team from Africa! You are African! Take Pride in your Race, Culture, and your history!
But, mommy, i can't tell the African Teams from the French Team.
had there been no major colonialism, there'd be no major immigration, and few if any local xenophobic reactions..
Unfortunately it's no different from racism and antisemitism here in the UK, and many other Western countries.
just when is the people word raciste going to understand what there doing is really bad to other
I love my black brothers and sisters in humanity! Black Lives Matter!
they dont like you
@@babalarassrah Are you talking on behalf of all black people?! I don't think they would appreciate you for doing so. I was talking for myself only and you are arrogant enough to talk on behalf of whole race...
ça pue du cul
@@babalarassrah ferme ta gueule
@@gtaylor3284 signalé pour le roi des hmars frenchies
The afro french are not on social media much. It's hard to find them. I can find the afro brits easily.
I'm here ☺️
Stuff like that’s can happen anywhere in the world uk USA and rest of Europe
And even if true that makes it ok? And I doubt that it is correct. With this severity this is not happening in Germany for example.
As a Hispanic American, I feel like I'd get more discriminated in Europe than here. America isn't as bad as foreigners and the media like to make it seem. I think I'd get discriminated because I look a little bit MENA and I know how Europeans treat them. Also, here in the states, people aren't afraid to speak up against racism. In Europe, they just ignore and pretend like it's not a problem.
it is in fact a very sensible topic in EU this racist discussion. Some countries dont even want to hear this about and when the topic rises they leave the chat. The problem is inheritly like the old proverb "you reap what you saw". Cheap labor is not the solution for future but it raises the capital of the country. In short, we can slave you imigrants but you need to accept it, otherwise you go back. And thats how France recovered after WW2.
Oh, you should see Quebec? not surprised.
"Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.”
(1 Samuel 15:3)
Nowadays being a racist is a pride. We live in an inverted world.
WTF ,pride for who, if it's being prosecuted on every step?
Disgusting
Why are you french?
I think i'm in love with Nadia.
😂😂😂😂
Is France a Good place to visit as a tourist ?? Or is it dangueres?
Very, very safe. Although I did visit Saint Denis and there were some kids following us to steal something but you just face them and they go away. I'm from Baltimore where I've been mugged 3 times and apartment broken into once. I don't know anyone in France who has been mugged.
Like everywhere you'll be more safe in small cities. French Provence is calm, beautiful and safe.
unless you visit backstreets
What ?
@@pmurrTEST Arthur?
#Defund#FrenchPolice
Aucune leçon à recevoir des rosbeefs
C'est une chaîne française, abruti.
@@samrevlej9331 Avec une analyse anglo-saxonne, abruti.
@@D0GGy333 C'est quoi une "analyse anglo-saxonne", cuistre ? Le KKK aussi a une analyse "anglo-saxonne" sur la question, mais je pense pas qu'ils likent et partagent la vidéo.
En plus on ne connaît pas la nationalité de la journaliste, si ça se trouve elle est française bi-nationale. Puis c'est une universitaire française avec qui elle discute.
Tu peux ne pas être d'accord, mais essayer de disqualifier en disant que c'est une analyse "étrangère" est débile. Et me sort pas un laïus sur les "théories américaines qui envahissent la France", les intellectuels français réfléchissent à ces questions depuis les années 80, et la plupart des philosophes déconstructionnistes et post-structuralistes français ont alimenté la réflexion aux USA sur les questions d'identité.
Zzzzzz
Merci d'avoir confirmer le message de cette vidéo
They they really just reference the term BIPOC when white anglos are indigenous to France 😂
Cry me a river
Nice and easy and especially SAFE namecalling from the sidelines. If you endure and encounter the problems these policemen and women face EVERY DAY you'll be crying for your mama.
Police hating on certain groups just "because"? Or could it be they are weary after 100+ experiences with people who have something in common?
Zzzzzzzz
Oh nobody can talk about that
the woman has a point, there is no racism if races keep apart. Self-segregation is what people prefer to do if left to their own devices anyway, why force race mixing on them?
Y a pas un jour ou ils arrêtent de chouiner? Incroyable ce niveau de fragilité.
à part toi personne ne chouine là
Because systemic racism isn't something we should talk about? Oh right, she said that the French would say that. Incroyable indeed.
@@coquelicotrouge2631 praout is probably a spoiled white girl who doesn't actually know any black people and thinks women wearing veils is stupid. i had a French girl stay with us for a while and she didn't like bacon-wrapped scallops because the scallops are so "delicate" and the bacon just ruins the taste. she was wrong too. bacon. is. never. wrong. that's like praout. she lives in a made up, fantasy world.
Le pays des greves, et de beau parleurs parlent de chouiner, trop drôle.
I love your channel but please, out of all the lecturers you could have invited on this issue, you chose the most extreme with Ms Soumahoro. There are many minorities who love their country and could talk about racism within it, but France 24 immediately going to the most extreme discourse. Why not talk to professor Reuben Valery, for instance? Your report was rushed and left out so much material. Yellow card to you guys!
and red card to you
Do you disagree with anything she said? She was absolutely spot on.
@@pmurrTEST Ms Soumahoro is an extremist. Her views are highly criticized and contested. She is not representative of the majority of the French (of any color). If France 24 wanted to interview her, they should have added other minorities like
Tania de Montaigne or Fatiha Agag-Boudjahlat for a more balanced and complete report. By placing her on a pedestal like they did, they give her way too much credit and legitimacy and consequently skewed the debate.
@@catalan-nyc6633 Well I must be an extremist too because I thought she expressed herself very eloquently and characterized perfectly the failings of France's approach to race. I, for one, will allow her to represent me (an American of color). Was there anything she said in this interview that you disagreed with?
@@pmurrTEST There are many intellectuals of color in France who do not share her views. Unfortunately, their lack of english prevents their word from getting out beyond the french speaking world. France 24 should have giving an opportunity to her opponents to speak their mind as well; as people of color do not all think the same thing and are not reflected by one person only.
Racism is everywhere on Earth. Why would France be different? Is Africa free of racial prejudice ? Is there a country on Earth free of racial prejudice ?
Which racial prejudice have Africans subjected others to?
@@livingfinance Isn't colorism a form of racism ?
@@philipcoriolis6614 What is the origin of colorism? I am presuming that we are talking about racism that africans subject non-africans/nonblack.
@@livingfinance And when the tribes captured and sold each other to the Arabs and to the Whites ?
@@livingfinance Do Africans like Chinese people ?
May be religious incompatibility is more accurate a description.