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Not outrageous at all; France really has specific problems dealing with multicultural society. The meritocratic republic is such a great idea, that people fail

Not outrageous at all; France really has specific problems dealing with multicultural society. The meritocratic republic is such a great idea, that people fail to see that it doesn’t always work out in practice. Fighting racism (for example racial profiling by the police) becomes a low priority, because there isn’t supposed to be any! As a white foreigner working in France, it remains pretty benign, but quite visible--i.e. the boss laughing about your accent.

grumpydba 8y ago
Racial profiling by police is indeed a non issue. Was born and raised in the suburbs, the most dangerous ones, and the profiling is done according to the attitude and the clothes, mainly. And thats the experience from my friends, with différent backgrounds. And boy do people in the suburbs have a bad attitude ! Quit providing excuses for criminals, it is a disservice To them. And overestimating the racial issue is the best way to isolate groups according to race, and in the end, create a hate able to cause civil wars
- pwaai 8y ago
  > And overestimating the racial issue is the best way to isolate groups according to race, and in the end, create a hate able to cause civil wars holy fuck
  - grumpydba 8y ago
    Indeed it erodes solidarity, little by little.
pwaai 8y ago
> but quite visible--i.e. the boss laughing about your accent. Yeah, this kind of shit made me appreciate North America a lot more and made me realize I am living in possibly one of the most open and accepting societies West has to offer.
- grumpydba 8y ago
  Let us all remember all Dave Chapelle's jokes, Eddy Murphy's jokes which where related to accents. So your society does the same, it's absurd to say otherwise. And recently Trevor Noah had a french dude in the audience and made fun of his accent. No offence was taken. Quit the safe space madness, thanks.

grumpydba 8y ago

Racial profiling by police is indeed a non issue. Was born and raised in the suburbs, the most dangerous ones, and the profiling is done according to the attitude and the clothes, mainly. And thats the experience from my friends, with différent backgrounds. And boy do people in the suburbs have a bad attitude ! Quit providing excuses for criminals, it is a disservice To them. And overestimating the racial issue is the best way to isolate groups according to race, and in the end, create a hate able to cause civil wars

pwaai 8y ago
> And overestimating the racial issue is the best way to isolate groups according to race, and in the end, create a hate able to cause civil wars holy fuck
- grumpydba 8y ago
  Indeed it erodes solidarity, little by little.

pwaai 8y ago

> but quite visible--i.e. the boss laughing about your accent. Yeah, this kind of shit made me appreciate North America a lot more and made me realize I am living in possibly one of the most open and accepting societies West has to offer.

grumpydba 8y ago
Let us all remember all Dave Chapelle's jokes, Eddy Murphy's jokes which where related to accents. So your society does the same, it's absurd to say otherwise. And recently Trevor Noah had a french dude in the audience and made fun of his accent. No offence was taken. Quit the safe space madness, thanks.