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Case of Anti-White Racism on Trial in France
Europe has lost its moral compass. via Case of Anti-White Racism on Trial in France - ABC News
As protesters massed outside, the spokeswoman for a movement representing immigrants from France’s former colonies went on trial Wednesday for allegedly insulting white French in what may be the first anti-white racism case in France.
The verdict, expected Jan. 25, may turn on a hyphen.
The trial grew out of a legal complaint from a far-right group, the General Alliance Against Racism and Respect for French and Christian Identity, Agrif, against Houria Bouteldja for using a word she invented to refer to white French that she claims was misconstrued. She was charged with “racial injury” and, if convicted, risks up to six months in prison and a maximum €25,000 ($32,500) fine, though courts usually issue far lighter sentences.
Bouteldja, of the movement Indigenes of the Republic, called native white French “souchiens” in a TV interview. The word derives from “souche,” or stock, as native white French are commonly called, but could sound like a hyphenated word meaning “lower than a dog.”
Bouteldja’s remarks on France-3 television station four years ago caused a clamor in large part because they cut straight to long-simmering issues over inequity between white French and French whose origins are in former North African and African colonies — some of whose families took up arms to help France fight during the world wars.
Her Indigenes movement, now a tiny political party, tries to fight racism and promote equal rights for people with roots in “post-colonial immigration.”
I have no words. Read the rest at the link above.
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found this article in French by Eric Hazan published in October 2011 where...author...
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My first thought: Seriously, France? My second thought: Souchiens is an awesome word in this situation.
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“the General Alliance Against Racism and Respect for French and Christian Identity” Because those groups are so...
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Case of Anti-White Racism on Trial in France redlightpolitics :: Europe has lost its moral compass....
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No words at all………
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Europe had a moral compass in the first place? My lack of surprise at this shit let me show you it.
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uhuh-she-said said:
Good lord. I haven’t even been keeping up with this. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised about stuff like this anymore. But wow. Between niqabis, street prayers, and reverse-racism, the French racial-legal system has turned into a circus.
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14kgoldnyc said:
When even the courts don’t know the definition of ‘racism’, we’re all fucked.
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So France folk are trying to get away with “reverse racism,” too? Racism is linked fundamentally to a systemic and...
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I’m done. I think my brain just exploded.
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