France in Focus: The legacy of colonialism in France | The Big Picture

France is in the midst of an identity crisis - grappling with some important questions about what kind of country it is, and what kind of country it wants to be.
In this episode of The Big Picture: France in Focus, we will deal with a legacy of France’s history that still plays a crucial role in its present colonialism.
Presenter Myriam Francois is taken on a "colonial tour" of Paris museums by Congolese activist, as well as speaking to a "decolonial coach" about transgenerational trauma. Joining her in the studio discussion are Grace Ly, Sally Alassane Thiam and Dorothee Myriam Kellou.
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[@yingyangcoffee]

Me I had to travel to France and Belgium to discover books and pictures about my Indigenous Culture here in Colombia because all of the Precolumbian art is kidnapped in private collections of Europe. Those pieces of art and scultures explain alot about us and our past, but they are lost somewhere in the basements of France. Worst part is people here in Colombia, not even in academia, anthropologist or even museums have access or knowledge about them. Is kind of evil.

[@robertblake1228]

That was life back in those days. Just check how life in Colombia was between the indigenous people. Blood rape and murder.

[@alexanderkoruga6409]

Yes it is evil. Most don't know, but it's also the white race trying to steal the spiritual power from different POC cultures by disconnecting them with their sacred artifacts, art and ancestors. It's definitely identity theft if that's too much for you to believe This is coming from a guy who had to fight identity theft for a year while I had cancer. The thief kept pulling hard credit inquiries on my three credit reports and my Chex Systems report as well. Over 30 fraudulent credit cards and bank accounts were attempted that destroyed both my credit and banking scores.

[@amecampeon01]

@@robertblake1228 Unlike anything in europe.

[@BLKPlutoh]

Respect to Al Jazeera for being honest. It’s not revisionist history, it’s just telling the truth.

[@rzerzerzerzer3693]

Pure propaganda, Islam did way worse than this

[@frdsg8350]

@@rzerzerzerzer3693 They castrated every last one of their African slaves.

[@alexanderkoruga6409]

Agreed. The white race has committed enormous evils from before 1492 until now.

[@rashiidabdallah1648]

@@rzerzerzerzer3693 nope

[@elisebellier9336]

@@rashiidabdallah1648 Yes

[@LuLu-qu3oz]

Thanks Al Jazeera for telling the forgotten truth!

[@timdau9027]

The unimaginable atrocities by European governments, institutions and individuals which are still visibly practised today is as insidious and dehumanising just as in the days of old. All our educational institutions, kingdoms, independent states destroyed and a whole population were subjected to worst forms of cruelty. Sometimes I wondered when western media tries to present western governments and institutions as torch bearers of human rights and respect for human dignity. There's no such time in the history of the western Europe where such nice attributes can be ascribed to them. They are beast and barbarians. African countries and in some ways Asian countries are still exploited today through dubious trade agreements, coups and assassinations and western engineered infighting among African peoples.

[@mattgummerson8370]

Because the colonies were so peaceful before they became colonies….

[@yassineamri7800]

@@mattgummerson8370 nice one , try to give them excuses for killing millions and blame the local population for it

[@mattgummerson8370]

@@yassineamri7800 it’s just a bit hypocritical that’s all

[@deddy9675]

Yes, and you know what? they learned it from the Islamic caliphates that had colonized the world.

[@davidl1162]

@@mattgummerson8370 the colonies were peaceful before they were violently taken over via colonial military. Canadian and american natives were peaceful just as african natives were peaceful before the colonial savages came...

[@margaretgreenwood4243]

Brilliant. Thank you. Really eye opening. Love from the UK

[@rachmondhoward2125]

The same west who accords so much pride and significance to their historical heritage, culture and ideology, spend so much to preserve and propagate such are the same people, who argues against their former colonies’ claim to restore their stolen heritage. The west’s cognitive dissonance, is that colonialism and imperialism happened in the distant past and there is no rational in the people affected to demand restoration. France, like other colonialist continue to slaughter, abuse people from these so-called former colonies and the looting continues. In fact colonialism only ended in words and not deeds. “Former” French colonies’ tax revenue (60-70%) must deposited in the French Reserve Bank. The French invests such money but the interests does not accrue to such colonies. If a colony requires its own money it must borrow at the prevailing interests rates, putting these colonies in further debt. The French companies have the first right to capital projects in these countries. The French are in control of the military of these countries hence the many coups, destabilisation and assassinations of leaders who do not toe the French-line. But the French are not alone, America, Britain and other western countries continue with similar evil actions under various disguises but with the same intent to exploit and prevent the development of such countries.

[@johnsomebody1753]

Right on. The recent exposure of what French governments have done to Haiti, and still get away with more theft under the protection of international finance control, is I hope the worst of what carries on from what they've done. If Haitians can get something like justice, a precedent will be set, and the MSM won't be able to stop the quickening of other examples coming to light

[@rzerzerzerzer3693]

Pure propaganda, Islam did way worse than this

[@rachmondhoward2125]

@@rzerzerzerzer3693 Which history did you read? Which part of the post is propaganda according to you?

[@johnsomebody1753]

@@rzerzerzerzer3693 You didn't manage to provide any example of why you believe what you've said. Go on then, or were you just blustering ? I'm not claiming that Islamists haven't produced terror, and exploitation. But to claim it's been worse, looks like a desperate attempt to defend that industrialised world exploitation wasn't so bad. Just the Brutish Empire should be proof enough as the, "Empire on which the Sun never set", being so huge and thieving from more people around the world, to pay for its own corruption. Why isn't that simple enough for you ?

[@alexanderkoruga6409]

The white race are the same colonizers and oppressors today! Only with better technology now! Stop rewarding thr white oppressors and find ways to nonviolently and legally punish them like calling them out on their evils or ignoring them regardless of how "good" X white person seems. It will motivate them to motivate other white to change faster. They are just energy vampires to People of Color Compassion. Protect Ya Neck!

[@clementgavi7290]

If you are unfortunate to experiment what they can do nowadays, then you can easily image the horror that colonialism has been for our grand parents. You understand in your soul and your body the extent to which colonialism has corresponded to a terrorism.

[@snuffeldjuret]

it is easy to colonize a people that is fighting itself. You you side with one side and befriend the other.

[@clementgavi7290]

@@snuffeldjuret Indeed be able to conquer and dominate oneself in order to prevent oneself from being a tragedy in the lives of others isn’t easy. Terrorise others and call it colonisation is easy.

[@snuffeldjuret]

@@clementgavi7290 that made no sense.

[@clementgavi7290]

@@snuffeldjuret It can’t make sense to you. Because it is not to everyone the moral and the ethical make sense.

[@snuffeldjuret]

@@clementgavi7290 the issue is that you are not responding to what I am saying.

[@aab777barry5]

MERCI BEAUCOUP!

[@palianshow]

super interesting. great material! well done to the crew, and respect to all the activists. yes, the artefacts have to go back to their places of orgin. as well as countries (old colonies) have to be repaid for all the stolen resources. that will be the start.

[@Nicotine240]

From my childhood, I was taught that Paris is the city of culture. Never thought part of that is plundered.

[@IamGodSon]

You were well brainwashed. France has what culture left?

[@SH-bw5fx]

PARIS , City of lights , fragrance , fashion , romance , " amour " africa " the dark continent"

[@lieutenantpepper2734]

you were brainwashed. Paris is the city of thieves.

[@rzerzerzerzer3693]

Pure propaganda, Islam did way worse than this

[@alexanderkoruga6409]

The white race are the same colonizers and oppressors today! Only with better technology now! Stop rewarding thr white oppressors and find ways to nonviolently and legally punish them like calling them out on their evils or ignoring them regardless of how "good" X white person seems. It will motivate them to motivate other white to change faster. They are just energy vampires to People of Color Compassion. Protect Ya Neck!

[@zahfys]

Very interesting ! Merci 👍

[@palianshow]

wait?! why are Mwazulu Diyabanza and Selma Sardouk not included in the caption?!

[@thomasthomasphilp4393]

Only solution is that more countries join BRICS that we become economically powerful so that we can demand our stolen artefacts. As an Indian, I can say, official estimates say British has extracted 48 trillion dollars from India. Our Kohinoor diamonds should be inside a hindu temple according to our belief and tradition. Brazil, India, China, South Africa among BRICS have colonial history

[@vatsal7640]

As Indian, you should stop believing in Marxist lies . The British empire only generated 3 billion dollars at it's height

[@thomasthomasphilp4393]

There is a need for coloneal museum in countries of colonial masters and colonial subjects

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Thanks for this video. The whole world should know about this going forward.

[@ponzi_bunny]

Same goes to Spanish colonialism... The king of Spain visited Puerto Rico months ago and was not welcome..

[@thomasthomasphilp4393]

Like Indian MP Shashi Tharoor in his Oxford Union debate stated, "We need an apology, not the money'

[@vatsal7640]

Tharoor ?? That wife killer?? His work has bern debunked by most historians now

[@mahomedshakeelmohideen7681]

This shouldn't be a debate... just get to practice democracy and what France preached.... freedom for all ...this world is made fir all.... equally...

[@CirduulMedia]

Lol people fought France because of that and became independent countries

[@rzerzerzerzer3693]

Pure propaganda, Islam did way worse than this

[@amin5572]

@@rzerzerzerzer3693 you talking about religion, here we talking about a true monster colonialism. So you have graduated university of WhatsApp copy and paste

[@rzerzerzerzer3693]

@@amin5572 islam colonised everything it could starting 630 and still doing today

[@frdsg8350]

@@amin5572 How do you think Islam got into North Africa and India? By a friendly invite?!

[@gs7828]

Needed discussions, yet don’t get out of the frame how colonialism, and conquest in general, is part of most countries and that social freedom is not intrinsic with the future (which would be a Hegelian, Christian view of progress as linear).

[@Hamneli]

Thanks

[@shamshadsyed9482]

Great ladies 👍🏻 I appreciate their courage to talk on “ taboos “ the colonial killers

[@favourmicheal9501]

Ok please let's talk about the Arab Sub Saharan slave trade in Africa and the Islamic colonization which is still happening..

[@ana-OM]

Ok then, organize that discussion. Sit in a round like this and guide the circle with your arguments and questions. Go ahead, I am interested about that topic.

[@_Abdussalama]

There's nothing called Islamic colonisation in the real sense of it.

[@favourmicheal9501]

@@_Abdussalama so what should we call it? Islamic conquest? Or Jihad?

[@_Abdussalama]

@@favourmicheal9501 Islam didn't spread to much of Africa through violence, if that's your insinuation. I guess that you're Nigerian. Islam had been in the territory now known by the name since as far back as the 9th century. Say something else.

[@favourmicheal9501]

@@_Abdussalama ok we can all now see the hypocrisy in Islam 🤮. Christianity long existed before Islam but Islam that originated in the middle east in the 7th century CE has been in been in Nigeria since the 9th century CE... Please now explain the Usman danfodio and Afonja Jihads if Islam cane peacefully. The same peace y'all keep spreading wherever you go.... Something in your minds tell you that we christians are fools.

[@deddy9675]

how about: Islam in Focus: The legacy of colonialism of Islam.

[@theonly6359]

That will be great to watch and this is also great to watch as someone who is not fully aware of this topic in the French imperial lenses

[@theonly6359]

@@DaT-observer Ofcourse it’s necessary to be critic because the whole truth can’t fully be covered in a short documentary.

[@deddy9675]

@@theonly6359 my country was colonized by a western country for more than 350 years. I already knew all the stories of western colonization. but then I just learned that 600 thousand members of a clan of my country were killed by Islamist groups in the 1800s because the clan was still practicing local religion and did not want to convert to Islam.. and the carnage stopped only because they didn't bury the dead bodies properly, thus causing cholera outbreak in the area. but no one has ever talked about it :D

[@theonly6359]

@@deddy9675 ohh! 😲, I wish someone can do a documentary about the Islamic conquests. No one is touching this subject and the truth need to come to light.

[@Brentford704]

FYI, islam is a faith not a country or continent. Then how about the colonial legacy of Christiandom which has been marred by genocide and greed and how that has erased the identity of millions of brown people? I'm enjoying this attempt to spread the blame around so you can feel validated about your own history.

[@chrisa5631]

My problem with this is then fold. France did bad but hating france and moving to France, I dont get. Why do so many Algerians and subsaharan's move to the country that did them bad?.

[@Lucianaoliveira99794]

Maybe the want their things back 😂

[@nathanngumi8467]

Very poignant. There are many ways for people from places that were pillaged and colonized by Europe to process their history. One is to discover the role that their ancestors played in the making of the modern world. For instance American journalist Howard French's book Born in Blackness puts forth a powerful argument that modernity was built on the backs of plantation agriculture driven by African slave labour in the Western hemisphere which made possible the Industrial Revolution, and not Christianity or the Enlightenment as is commonly thought today.

[@rzerzerzerzer3693]

Pure propaganda, Islam did way worse than this

[@kaiylasab9767]

@@rzerzerzerzer3693 than Christianity? Islam the religion that clearly states that all races are equal?

[@susandarber9942]

Dans la mesure où l'esclavagisme européen du XVIe /XVIIe est inspiré de l'esclavagisme arabo-musulman (appelé traité arabe) qui s'étend du VIIe au XXe siècle. Je te suggère de lire attentivement les pages wikipédia qui traitent de l'histoire de l'esclavage, pour te faire une opinion de base.

[@suburbanyobbo9412]

@@kaiylasab9767 Islamic colonisations was far worse than anything Europeans did. It was disgusting.

[@mohsenyousofy5971]

Now they want to colonise 🇲🇱 Mali, thats why France and German Soldiers are there NOW 😥

[@PoisonelleMisty4311]

The French have a responsibility to acknowledge and apologize for the atrocities they committed in Algeria and Vietnam. Their role in these countries' histories cannot be ignored or overlooked. The French have a long history of colonization and exploitation, and it is time for them to take accountability for their actions. It is not enough for them to simply brush these events under the rug and try to portray themselves as a morally upright nation. They must confront their past and make amends for the harm they have caused. Furthermore, the French must also stop their obsession with appearing good and perfect. This has led them to downplay or even deny the severity of their actions in these countries. It is time for them to let go of this facade and face the reality of their actions. By doing so, they can learn from their mistakes and prevent similar atrocities from occurring in the future. It is only through reflection and acknowledgment that true growth and progress can be achieved. In addition, the French must also stop supporting capitalist French companies that continue to exploit and oppress the people of Algeria and Vietnam. By turning a blind eye to the injustices committed by these companies, the French are perpetuating a cycle of exploitation and perpetuating the harm caused by their past actions. It is time for them to take a stand and hold these companies accountable for their actions. Lastly, it is crucial for the French to stop being arrogant and condescending towards the people of Algeria and Vietnam. They cannot continue to act as if they are superior and entitled to these countries' resources and people. The French must show respect and humility towards these nations and work towards building a relationship based on mutual understanding and cooperation. In conclusion, the French need to take a hard look at their past and make amends for the harm they have caused in Algeria and Vietnam. They must stop hiding behind a facade of perfection and instead, acknowledge their mistakes and work towards building a better future for all. It is time for them to take responsibility for their actions and show genuine remorse and empathy towards the people they have wronged. Only then can true healing and reconciliation begin.

[@mdsoulsounds]

France would have to go far beyond returning artifacts from museums. It must educate its citizens about colonialism in the same way it emphasizes philosophy and the revolution. Then change the constitution so that the census identifies citizens by race and culture instead of a vague generalization which denies rights to those of non European descent. This would change the politics and offer a clear and more fair distribution of social amenities: education, housing, services, healthcare, public transportation etc.

[@xxoo-lp6vc]

US UK and EU setup Africa & South America as their toilet, the people there as toilet servant. Toilet must remain as toilet, not to develop. But China came around and develop the toilet into living room, and the servant became owner. So they are very angry to lost the toilet...

[@chestersabajo5527]

Nice explanation

[@sunboy1558]

🤣🤣🤣👍🏾

[@michellemobakeng5938]

Would have been correct only China is not China but Communist China. I believe the toilets are not going to remain clean for long because the USA, the UK, the EU and Communist China are working together. Those countries are coincidentally using and seeking to implement China's surveillance technology, their social credit system, etc across the world, at least since 2020 that coincides with the pandemic.

[@elizabethhurtado2829]

Hes documenting heritage

[@barrymurphy1982]

Today I saw the documentary "Blood and Tears: French Decolonisation" on Al Jazeera. It was really good but I was irked by one part of it: A black woman was talking about how black people from the overseas departments who moved to France were somehow victims of a terrible injustice (she actually called it "violence!) namely that they had to do "menial" (a word I intensely dislike) jobs in France. I found her sense of victimhood quite disingenuous. First of all, what is wrong with working as a domestic worker, for instance? Secondly, it may come as a surprise to many black people (and perhaps many white people, too) that white immigrants (e.g. the Irish) in the New World often did the exact same "menial" jobs but they got on with it and saw their employment as a way to make money and enjoy a standard of living that they didn't have in their home countries. Ditto for southern European guest workers (e.g. Turks, Italians, Greeks, etc.) in countries such as Germany. This erasure of white history and the incessant claiming of victim status by so many black race baiters shows a complete lack of historical awareness .

[@curlieeloks3032]

Give them back their artifacts !

[@syedmaricar9946]

Confused people. Colonialism is reality through forms of religion , political dreams and nonsense every nation and people are going through this. People suffer now politically exploited by media.

[@michellemobakeng5938]

Good point raised.

[@yggtor3961]

They are just weak.. And try to build something with those weakness. Wich is a shame.

[@adr2070]

Nice documentary. Colonialists being anti-immigrant is peak hypocrisy and irony

[@2Sage-7Poets]

if you are not a representative of your country to take those loots.. you have no right to take that just because you want it.. or you will end up in jail or deportation..

[@tunarcelilov473]

Thank you for showing the real side of French history, their history is full of crimes against humanity...

[@jarrodyuki7081]

i see. no more hijabs. no child policy for those below poverty and one child policy for those below median income.

[@waroenkkini3358]

Awesome journalism. Must watch masterpiece. Looking forward for the next episodes. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@rzerzerzerzer3693]

Pure propaganda, Islam did way worse than this

[@ana-OM]

Waroenk Kini, same here !!! I hope other european countries do the same like watched here. Teach at schools what horrendous crimes colonialism comited . At primary school, in the 1970's we had to learn incredible much about the great colonies, "Portuguese soil". It was a pride to posses the soil, posses the the rivers, posses the names of the capital's of each district, posses the raw materials, ... we all were made to feel like it is ours. Every individual was made to feel proud of our great conquistas, colonies. We were proud of our great achievements. I wonder if schools today teach about the true horrors, genocides, exploitation, total destruction of cultures, the wars... ... This topic is huuuuuuuudge !!! Sorrow, tears and blood. The lies hurt much, are toxic. To open up to the truth can set future generations free. It is sooo healing. There is nothing to fear about. It is healing and liberating. Nothing else !

[@rzerzerzerzer3693]

@@ana-OM nothing compared to what islam did

[@val-schaeffer1117]

Why do British Indians have so much better financial and social attainment than major migrant groups in France and Germany?

[@laurencegoh4669]

Evil knows no bounds as usual?

[@deanjackson2102]

people are forced to be put into a box or label= when people have multiple

[@Lili-sq9yc]

Xenophobia and racism are so prevalent especially since the last few years, the far right holds the mainstream media and is spreading their hatred propaganda by devising the French people and depicting immigrants as savage rapists and robbers who benefit from the French people’s work. It is a similar discourse to that used during colonisation, diabolizing those who are considered to be different and inferior and marginalized them. For example, muslim women started to become a problem ever since racist far right and right wing politicians realized they weren’t housemaids, babysitters, cleaners or housewives anymore but educated university students with higher positions in society. As a result, many employers discriminate against veiled muslim women forcing them to remove it in order to be hired or to leave. Also, the racist political discourse uses secularism to alienate and marginalize muslim people when it is absolutely not its proper role. They twisted the definition of secularism so it fits their racist and anti-islam discourse. And as a muslim and a French born woman with Algerian background roots, I noticed how ignorant people were about Algerian colonization thus they often deny our experience of racism and tell we victimize.

[@TheGhost204]

When can we expect videos on Islamic colonialism, which was far more oppressive and deadly than France’s?

[@brojwz2314]

Don't expect it from these hypocrites

[@yassineamri7800]

don t try and deflect the blame , you are saying we did it we killed millions but they did worst than us so it's ok . why not confront reality and admit fault

[@johnsomebody1753]

The Ghost 204 "More deadly and oppressive" ? Can you really be that deluded ? I know a bit more about the Brutish Empire, than France's, but I know theirs was a strong runner up, and so will still be reaping benefits of a parasite. "Deadly and oppressive" ? Take a look at the Opium Wars. So in the example of the Brutish, can you name one single job, in the UK, which does not depend on copper, or oil, or raw materials that have been thieved from victim countries with the help of fascistic lackys installed by Brutes ? OK, that was certainly more of an issue in previous generations, but the wealth inherited by Brutish society, and the poverty inherited by its victims, is still present. So the debt is still owed. How are you going to pretend that Islamic colonialism has been worse than Brutish, (or French, or Russian), colonialism, while the consequences of it, can be seen more clearly, in who dominates the industrialised world ?

[@johnsomebody1753]

@@yassineamri7800 It's wrong to allow such fools to pretend their oppression is somehow less, when the consequences of empire, are still to be plainly seen in the world domination as it is.. Copied below, is my reply to the fool who calls himself, "The Ghost" : The Ghost 204 "More deadly and oppressive" ? Can you really be that deluded ? I know a bit more about the Brutish Empire, than France's, but I know theirs was a strong runner up, and so will still be reaping benefits of a parasite. "Deadly and oppressive" ? Take a look at the Opium Wars. So in the example of the Brutish, can you name one single job, in the UK, which does not depend on copper, or oil, or raw materials that have been thieved from victim countries with the help of fascistic lackys installed by Brutes ? OK, that was certainly more of an issue in previous generations, but the wealth inherited by Brutish society, and the poverty inherited by its victims, is still present. So the debt is still owed. How are you going to pretend that Islamic colonialism has been worse than Brutish, (or French, or Russian), colonialism, while the consequences of it, can be seen more clearly, in who dominates the industrialised world ?

[@johnsomebody1753]

@@brojwz2314 Are you going to pretend Islamic colonialism or oppression is somehow less, when the consequences of empire, are still to be plainly seen in the world domination as it is ? How do you manage that then ? Are you a gaslighting, "hypocrite" ?

[@ns-wg4vz]

So I suffer at the hands of a country so what I do I find a wife from that country and leave my country for the hated country to live all my life

[@relativelycivilized2786]

Its a strawman argument. A person should have all the dignity and respect after being a citizen of a country. U can't be hypocrite like that, have the rights for one race and make others lesser human. Thats the problem with eu countries the racism is dripping from their culture to the content they consume and create. May they be guided and atleast fear god before committing these kinds of atrocities.

[@MoisePicard-mk1nt]

As a Haitian, I am proud to descend from pure French ancestry and to be Catholic. France is a grand Catholic Empire! 🇫🇷👑✝️

[@rzerzerzerzer3693]

Pure propaganda, Islam did way worse than this j

[@rashiidabdallah1648]

You mean Christianity

[@CAM8689]

@@rashiidabdallah1648 no islam

[@wahyuardhitama3378]

Learn from history, our country was colonialized more than 300 years from one country and 3 years from another country. Wars bring a lot of grief, scar and negativity. It is time to focus back to work together to collaborate to be strong and forgive. War in Ukraine, Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, South Asia etc. also affect other countries too. All wars have to stop. Leaders in G20 needs to meet and greet together as mature and wise leaders. Albert Einstein - 'Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.'

[@xxoo-lp6vc]

US: BOOOOOM !! BOOOOOM !! BOOOOOM !! China: Build !! Build !! Build !! America bombs, China builds! China builds 1,000 schools in Iraq 06-18 "China's construction of thousands of schools in Iraq" by the Iraqi Shafaq News Agency has attracted the attention of foreign netizens. According to a report published on the 18th, the foundation stone laying ceremony was held on the same day for the education project of China-aided construction of 1,000 schools in Iraq. Many foreign netizens expressed the emotion of "American bombing, China building", and some people said that "in the great power competition, China is competing at a level that the United States will never understand". On "World Refugee Day", some netizens also specially sent a meme picture of "China and the United States are very different in Iraq" to the US Secretary of State Blinken, who boasted that the United States has greatly helped refugees, and ridiculed him: "China's government in Iraq 1,000 schools, the United States directly killed 16,000 civilians in Iraq. This is how China and the United States 'practice human rights' in Iraq." According to statistics released by NGOs in April 2022, since the outbreak of the Iraq War, the number of Iraqi civilians killed by the war may exceed 209,000. If military, police and other public officials are added, the total death toll far exceeds this figure.

[@waroenkkini3358]

Agreed brother.

[@xxoo-lp6vc]

US UK and EU setup Africa & South America as their toilet, the people there as toilet servant. Toilet must remain as toilet, not to develop. But China came around and develop the toilet into living room, and the servant became owner. So they are very angry to lost the toilet...

[@xxoo-lp6vc]

China just try to feed it's people also wrong doing. Also a threat to U.S. security.😅😅 May 27, 2022 Caitlin McFall，Fox News -China’s determination to become self-sufficent and resolve its food security challenges could put the U.S., as the world’s leading producer in agriculture, in Beijing’s crosshairs, a federal report warned this week. The report released by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) warned that China’s efforts to bolster its agricultural sector not only pose an economic challenge but a threat to U.S. security.

[@timdau9027]

That statement of weak people revenge is not credited to Albert Einstein. it is an ancient Chinese saying

[@michellemobakeng5938]

I am waiting for an initiative on The United Kingdom: The legacy of colonialism in the UK, Spain: The legacy of colonialism in Spain Portugal: The legacy of colonialism in Portugal Belgium: The legacy of colonialism in Belgium Germany: The legacy of colonialism in Germany The USA: The legacy of colonialism in the USA What's their dark reality of colonialism? Please, make it as good if not better than the one done about France. Could you also explain why France is given more pre-eminence than the other colonial powers, as often the least visible and least exposed are the worst?

[@channeler231]

You forgot the colonial legacy of Russia Denmark Norway and Italy they too were in on the colonial race of world domination.

[@michellemobakeng5938]

@@channeler231 Were they ever involved with the Africans, Indians, South Americans ? If so, they can be included. Still, compared to the other powers, their involvement was more 'negligible'. As for Russia, it can be excluded.

[@camm8642]

@@michellemobakeng5938 why can Russa be excluded????

[@michellemobakeng5938]

@@camm8642 Have you got anything to say about Russia? I am looking at the common thread running through all the countries I named, namely the exploitation of the dark coloured skin people for some, the mass deportation for others or both. I will add the expropriation of the indigenous peoples. To put it simply, Russia did not want to be involved in the scramble of Africa. They possess no former slaves colonies.

[@CAM8689]

so only so called dark coloured skin ppl matter........what about the arab slave trade which also lasted longer nothing about that huh.....and the fact is it wasn't feasible for Russia to have colonies in Russia it was not a lack not wanting to distance and warm water ports were the biggest impediments to no Russian colonization in africa@@michellemobakeng5938

[@thabelodavhana]

Europe will answer for there sins one day

[@frdsg8350]

How do you think Islam got into Spain, North Africa and India? Please answer.

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Already are in a way. It's an ongoing process.

[@rashiidabdallah1648]

@@frdsg8350 Christianity was worse

[@snuffeldjuret]

Once we've helped the world for that to happen, ironically. No good deed goes unpunished.

[@CHRISANDREOU4199]

Should every country answer for their sins, Or only the white ones?

[@sunitathind8440]

Be great if a woman of colour could present this. We see much through a white lense🤨 That man of colour is entitled to heritage plundered🤨

[@Tehui1974]

"That man of colour is enttiled to heritage plundered" - what does that statement mean?

[@hermanspaerman3490]

Forever the whining and forever the victim. I guess when colored people conquer and colonize it doesn't matter. The Arab colonization of the Middle East and North Africa is a fine example.

[@MRrZero]

It doesn't matter what the race of the journalist is. Good reporting is good reporting. Don't be racist.

[@3RTUGRULBEY1990]

The Lady on the panel was Half French Half Algerian she is Half North African so there is your answer

[@SH-bw5fx]

" Nous sommes ici en france , parce que la france a ete' ailleurs " The chickens have come home to roost

[@CHRISANDREOU4199]

What home? It was never their home Stop being stupid

[@first_dawn]

It’s time for European countries to display there art to the world, the Northern Europeans just keep supporting there economies off the back of the African continent, it’s time for the true empire builder’s to be recognized… What’s going on in the world today is another example of how disgusting disrespectful the Northern Europeans are, and Americans are the Northern Europeans out of control child… Racism is a taught condition, it is being taught in house, it starts with the children…

[@alexanderkoruga6409]

The white race are the same colonizers and oppressors today! Only with better technology now! Stop rewarding thr white oppressors and find ways to nonviolently and legally punish them like calling them out on their evils or ignoring them regardless of how "good" X white person seems. It will motivate them to motivate other white to change faster. They are just energy vampires to People of Color Compassion. Protect Ya Neck!

[@AuntyKsTarot]

You mean Settler Americans, France (and the other colonizers) colonized the Americas too, they almost wiped us out, we are minorities in our own lands, but we are still here, they are settlers

[@meyergaelle8108]

France in 20 years who knows 🤣🤣🤣

[@pay2000]

France has fallen

[@alexanderkoruga6409]

Yo why is a blonde white woman (who benefits from colonialism the most) acting as the interrogator/questioner (the one in power) of People of Color about colonialism? That's a tone deaf reporter choice. Straight up.

[@prashantkatti118]

No wonder Europe is a colonial society.

[@snuffeldjuret]

we're just better at it.

[@prashantkatti118]

@@snuffeldjuret what does we're mean?

[@snuffeldjuret]

@@prashantkatti118 every people try to rule other people. Europeans were just the latest to do it, and did it better than anyone else before, and the first to give that rule up.

[@prashantkatti118]

@@snuffeldjuret they were better at that?? Really? How. By .asking human zoos. Cutting off labourers hands and building their capitals.

[@snuffeldjuret]

@@prashantkatti118 ?

[@i--hate--life]

What are the benefits of being a french colony

[@octaveful]

Every country in the history of the world when it was in a position of power grew via military/economic expansion. European countries did it. So did African nations and tribes amongst one another.

[@hermanspaerman3490]

Not to mention how Arabs colonized the Middle East and North Africa , destroyed all local languages and cultures and introduced the vial, abhorrent and disgusting religion with a pedophile prophet.

[@christopherwilliams8080]

Africans didn't steal for other nations. Facts that cant be denied

[@relativelycivilized2786]

The scale, brutality, looting, genocide, clearing of local culture and forcing people to adapt to something different. And the most disgusting, racism, treating people as something less than human because of their color, which the colored people are still paying the price.

[@hermanspaerman3490]

@@relativelycivilized2786 , Ah, you are talking about the Arabs. I agree. Slavery on a scale never seen before. The eradication of all local culture and languages in the Middle East and North Africa. The brutality against slaves , especially the castration of all male slaves where 70-90 percent died from procedure.

[@relativelycivilized2786]

@@hermanspaerman3490 ugh a white dude reprimanding someone on slavery, really? Or have u forgotten who colored the slavery? Who made them less than human? And which population pledged, looted and colonized and wipe out local population and cultures for centuries, huh?

[@siorac69]

Proud to be french. We brought all these people from subjects to citizens. Stop moaning you are not victims, you became fre ch citizens !!!

[@nournour4046]

You and your desperate people were so eager and in search of a culture and of some spice in your lives and for example: yalls pied noirs still be crying to go back to Algeria thinking its their homeland. You french are sooo obsessed its actually pretty concerning. You guys stole land and looted it. The least thing you guys can do is give them a passport thats nothing compared to what you took from them along with the damage. So please dont act like you’re doing them a favor cause they did yall a favor since day one.

[@rzerzerzerzer3693]

Pure propaganda, Islam did way worse than this

[@SK-ns6sl]

Islamophobic troll

[@Brentford704]

Lmao like what? Did we build reservations and kill off entire indigenous peoples? Did we put people in gas chambers? Did we enslave millions of ppl based on their skin colour and then incarcerate their descendants in the 21st century? Did we commit experiments on minorities that killed them? Idiot.

[@MoisePicard-mk1nt]

Islam is a bad religion.

[@shamshadsyed9482]

Humanity is greater than nationalism & religion

[@user-bk3gj1he3o]

Nationalism all the way!

[@MoisePicard-mk1nt]

Christianity is humanity.

[@paulmccarthy7461]

Excellent show. But I must observe that in contemporary, decolonized societies in West Africa, Cambodia (and other former colonies of what the French called IndoChina), as well as North Africa, life is still not "great for homosexuals" or, in the case of some of the Arab world, for women. Just as we should not romanticize and glorify French colonialism, then, or as a paternalistic, racist attitude now (and as it still exists economically), let us be truthful about today's generation's prejudices, religious dogma, strictures both in France among the descendants of colonization and in the countries France invaded and occupied.

[@fawadmalik5904]

all of this hilarous. ask the cultural activist or whatever ridiculuous appellation he wants to ascribe to himself .....whether he would be in paris or a slum in kinshasha or nairobi?

[@jenniferhouse1939]

I think that looking at history from the lens od why me when looking at people who went through these things as if it was yourself It's a very discriminative viewpoint You're discriminating against the past based on the values of today And you just can't hold them to that standard. Everybody always calls Europe the coloniast the coloniast whenever it comes to all these other countries but they seem to forget that every people at some point has done some form of colonizing. Maybe it was on another continent maybe it was in another country sometimes it was just villages that they were taking over. People are gonna do it on the scale based on the size of power they have. So just because one group only did it to a neighboring village or 2 doesn't mean they wouldn't have tried to take over the world if they actually had the power to do it because I would have. Am I justifying any of the measures that made and took no I'm not but then again it's human nature violence is human nature answer we have been at war Longer than we've ever been at peace. History repeats itself so always know your history and make your Make your communities built around not making those mistakes make those mistakes impossible to happen But look to the future more than you do the past. Your compassion will cloud your judgment

[@3RTUGRULBEY1990]

You Creating Fake Victims out of the biggest Thieves, Rapists and Killers in History namely the European Colonialists?

[@adiadi5832]

All human kind done the same ....stop whinging and fight for ur rights

[@Amanyadav-yn6tb]

Not everyone only whites and Muslim do.

[@skikdifieldem]

Thank you, you failed to bring to light that French colonialism in all those countries did shape their economic strength trough the time. Does anyone knows the iron and steel from Eiffel tower’s come from?.

[@Alex-qf9ry]

Yes it's coming from the iron mines of eastern France, in the Lorraine region near Nancy and was locally worked by the Fould-Dupont de Pompey forges. Transporting 6000 tons of iron from across the sea isn't an economically viable choice.

[@curlieeloks3032]

That’s the best you got ? We would never know now would be because they were never given a chance to make their own untainted economic power . That (shaped their economic power ) overshadows their (Frances) sins right ? Gaslighting and deflecting … ignorant comment

[@skikdifieldem]

@@curlieeloks3032 thank you for your nice comment I know the truth sometimes hurt but history always expose atrocities and theft committed by the colonialism. Time will come be patient

[@camm8642]

@@skikdifieldem the real truth might expose alot of the so called colonies and ppl in them are not so innocent and have atrocities and plunder of there own which is heavily under reported but when its comes to whites oppressing non whites that is the great evil.

[@crowwithaknife1312]

Alex is right, the steel and iron was domestically sourced. However, later phases of its construction was heavily financed by bank profit from predatory loans to Haiti.

[@tigerlast2669]

So many black & MENA people you see in France ....quite a liberal & accepting people .. Shame full how much Citizenship Qatar as given to Non Muslim....Have it shared it's wealth with other muslim state so called Ummaah.. European provide aid to middle East & Africa... Be thankful what you receive ...Other colonial power like Ottoman empire didn't even provide peanut or even ummah also gave nothing

[@rashiidabdallah1648]

They steal and give it back. Its called hypocrites

[@SchultzDorinda]

​@@rashiidabdallah1648 maybe but at least they developed a bit of a conscious. That's better than not even giving anything back.