Comments by Édouard Philippe: “Why am I not described as a Frenchman with an immigrant background? (…) Because I am not black and I am not Arab,” replies Raphaël Glucksmann
Questioned on BFMTV in the program “Le Grand Oral”, Raphaël Glucksmann denounced the comments of Édouard Philippe on a supposed “over-representation” of French people with immigrant backgrounds among the thugs. He recalled an essential truth: family origin does not make certain citizens special French people.
To underline the selective nature of this label, he uses his own journey as an example: “Me, my grandmother and my grandfather were not French. Why am I not described as French with an immigrant background? » His answer is direct: “Simply because I am not black and I am not Arab. » He thus denounces an assignment to origins which is perpetuated, generation after generation, for part of the population.
Faced with the journalist’s relaunch of the term “racialized”, Raphaël Glucksmann refocuses the debate on citizenship and individual responsibility. The perpetrators of violence must be punished for their actions, without their origins being used to call into question any category of French people. “There are French people who commit crimes and there are French people who arrest French people who commit crimes. They are all French. »
Denouncing an “ambient xenophobia” which establishes the idea of different categories of citizens, he calls on political leaders to measure the impact of their words. He describes Édouard Philippe’s exit as a “serious political mistake” and sees it as a desire to compete with the far right on his territory.
His reminder is unambiguous: “There is only one category of French. They are French.
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