French Emmanuel Macron has said that “woke leftist culture” imported from the United States is ‘racialising’ France, and has split the society and is the main reason for holding back ethnic minorities.
Without mincing words, Macron said the political left in France has taken a route where it insists on defining their countrymen by their ethnicity and depicting them as victims. He said that this has been causing rifts in French society and blamed social science ideas that have come from the US.
Macron while giving an interview to Elle magazine said, ‘I see that our society is becoming progressively racialised,’ and ethnic minorities have been placed ‘under house arrest’ by left-wing ideology.
The French President is someone who is known for his progressive thinking also pointed blame at feminists and black rights activists for seeking to define people according to their gender and their skin colour which according to him has caused rifts in French society and limit social mobility among ethnic minorities.
Macron was also critical of importing American racial and identity politics sometimes labelled as ‘woke culture’ and the Black Lives Matter movement which a new generation of younger French activists are adopting and blaming the problem of racism in France and the legacy of the country’s colonial past in Africa and the Middle East.
This has led to an unnecessary division that has created a culture in which minorities and women see themselves as constantly oppressed and discriminated against, he said.
Movements against racism over the last year such as Black Lives Matter, which resonated in France after arriving from the US, have led to fears among some critics that the country is importing American racial and identity politics sometimes labelled as ‘woke culture.’
Woke leftist culture is ‘racialising’ France, causing splits in society and holding back ethnic minorities, says President Macron https://t.co/uNKqCqXPKY
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Indian left-liberals who had considered Macron as their darling now find themselves in a fix as the French President has of late been taking position contrary to the the views and opinions the left-liberals subscribe to.
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