How France’s Colonial Past Explains Its Racism Today

Despite resistance from French elite, there’ve been growing calls for France to recognize and apologize for its violent colonization of millions of people in Africa and Asia. In fact, by 1901, France ruled 79 million people over 4.6 million square miles.
“Where would France be without its colonies in the Caribbean?” asks Professor Mame-Fatou Niang. “Where would France be without its huge possessions in Sub-Saharan Africa? Where would France be without its possessions in Asia, without Algeria?”
Subscribe for more videos: ajplus.co/subscribe

Sign up for subtext, our newsletter about the people and movements driving change in our society: ajplus.co/ekdv4
Follow us on Instagram: / ajplus
Like us on Facebook: / ajplusenglish
Follow us on Twitter: / ajplus

[@ajplus]

New video! How the U.S. and France Made Haiti Poor kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmPOk5-fpp10i8U

[@alaindefrance2738]

Do you realize that people are not free to control their destiny in occident since 3 centuries, it's all about "universalist" wish and dirty plans, always hiding behind so called nations, races or religions, hating on humanity, creating wars, pandemia, starving etc. !

[@sylvainr6779]

How Aj+ works hand in hand with the devil to promote conflicts all over the world.

[@antonioribelli2728]

All was premeditated since centuries by antichrist, France (and all other nations) is only a cover, all these devils want to turn the world upside down. They invented Social networks for that goal.

[@marcanthony2964]

@@sylvainr6779 I always told you that islam was the religion of satan.

[@alaindefrance2738]

@Nick Rendeau Wrong ! World wars have been created to make Europe weak, to prepare the third world invasion of today, this so called "history" was premeditated by a bunch of anti-human trashes since centuries now.

[@enamelred]

This is revisionist history at it's finest.

[@Goyim-phobic]

Elaborate

[@_Flashing_lights_]

​@@Goyim-phobickzbin.info/www/bejne/fGfTe2R8l9qBos0si=-zVaj5Bg4U61yUJ4

[@nickschwaller3154]

No kidding man, how to misrepresent history to make it fit an agenda. Goebbels would be proud.

[@ferahl]

@@Goyim-phobic Watch "I DEBUNK Woke History Lesson About Colonialism" video

[@LOLSKU115]

⁠search up “historylegends I debunk woke history lesson about colonialism”

[@Topwarcriminal]

If this is so, Mongolia owes most of Asia and Eastern Europe an apology

[@RayGamingChannel10]

A big big one 😂😂😂

[@vnktravi]

Yes, why not push my mistakes on others.

[@eroshbozorg9517]

Mongolia doesnt point its fingers at orhers while sniffing on its own farts like the french do.

[@MrHemFun]

Big difference, Mongolia does not claim it self a champion of human rights, while breaking it at their will.

[@Goyim-phobic]

Mongolia actually were way less brutal and actually are not imperialist

[@Golub122]

There's so many facts that they got wrong in this video, its insane 😂

[@ObitoObito-hi3ft]

Can you give an example 🤔🤔🤔🤔 actually I am interested to know more about French colonial history whether we are talking about war crimes or racism

[@aevans-jl9ym]

​ What joke. When will the Algerian people apologise for raiding European countries over hundreds of years and stealing their women & children to be sold into sex slavery

[@massetozacarias5693]

​@@ObitoObito-hi3ftlet's start of the map they used, they used a modern map

[@hixcap9405]

@@ObitoObito-hi3ft on canal HistoryLegends there is whole debunk video added at April. Most of the informations here are false

[@wlg2677]

@@ObitoObito-hi3ft Example kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGfTe2R8l9qBos0

[@chopsuey69]

HistoryLegends fixed this video full of errors.

[@beastmaster1219]

Just saw it too XD

[@tohmano5855]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGfTe2R8l9qBos0

[@maklice]

And as always, he did amazing job

[@chopsuey69]

@@maklice Absolutely!

[@chavezchavo]

So true. I guess woke media just love to twist and omit facts.

[@harrisonhonda3745]

Imagine never reading or studying but making video instead

[@noaharthur9041]

Dont need to imagine. This video is already proof.

[@_Flashing_lights_]

​@@noaharthur9041kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGfTe2R8l9qBos0si=-zVaj5Bg4U61yUJ4

[@_Flashing_lights_]

​@noaharthur9041 watch the video I sent, the people who made this video have completely fabricated history

[@guyver-9717]

Reading and studying what the country want you to learn ? 😂

[@harrisonhonda3745]

@@guyver-9717 did you not get the free will dlc after school that lets you do what you want?

[@hammerfest1912]

Can we get a report on the Mali empire and their practice of slavery and human sacrifice?

[@labulldog5]

How about the colonialism and slavery going on TODAY in 2023 in some parts of the arab/african world? North/south Sudan, Mauritania, Libya, for starters…

[@Goyim-phobic]

Mali did slavery but never human sacrifice lol. Also islamic system of slavery is closer to servedome than it is to European imperialist slavery.

[@skec_the_rat]

classic muslim cope@@Goyim-phobic

[@rarescevei8268]

​@@Goyim-phobicAre you joking? Islamic colonizers good but white colonizers bad?

[@AmeenRidwan]

@hammerfest1912 How is Mali currently benefiting from its former empire, slavery and human sacrifice. It's not hard at all to see how France is benefiting from its own

[@JaredKaiser24]

History is complex, everything is intertwined, and we cannot simply explain what happened based on skin color. -His story legends

[@jp3630]

White lies as always with you people. Ah just except the reality. Hahaha.

[@leon_chapman7568]

If France needs to apologise to West Africa for years of colonialism and slavery, Why don't we hear all of Europe ask France for an apology for the damage and destruction caused by the Napoleonic Wars? 🤣

[@croulantroulant3082]

maybe because Europe attacked first and not France? European royals were scared of the revolution spreading and caused Napoleon's rise to power in the first place!

[@catiapb1]

@@croulantroulant3082 Yes, Portugal went all the way through Spain to attack France that is why we got invaded (they didn't get far though).

[@croulantroulant3082]

@@catiapb1 Obrigado did not know!

[@BirkAxarberi]

@@croulantroulant3082 My country never attacked any other European countries. Yet my country suffered heavily from the Napoleonic war.

[@croulantroulant3082]

@@BirkAxarberi which country?

[@mannysabir1339]

Let's not forget about King Leopold from Belgium and what he did in Congo.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Exactly

[@Jelus1]

For real

[@sayitloudblcknproud]

King Leopold was the most brutal of them all... absolutely disgusting what he did.

[@yolo-vl4wz]

yes

[@hbensaude5040]

He was from Belgium not France

[@martinakula8421]

Wow. Haitians were forced to pay for their own freedom.WTF.I had no knowledge of this.

[@kogikashakunin4683]

Up to 1947. This means the French Government believed that slavery was right up til at least 1947. Probably would still do it given the opportunity.

[@martinakula8421]

@eastern worshipper The French actually came back with more gunships so the African Haitians were forced to fold.

[@martinakula8421]

@eastern worshipper When your outgunned,in no position to negotiate and dealing with Napoleon decisions have to be made.

[@martinakula8421]

@eastern worshipper That was a huge feat considering they had no military experience, no guns and had to work with little using guerilla warfare.You still have to eat.There are good black chess players but without resources as usual unlike a white chess player.

[@diegoaespitia]

Haiti conquered Dominican Republic :( and enslaved them. The Dominicans fought for freedom and that is their independence day. France isn't the only aggressor

[@Kingtoadpipe]

Smooth brained history lesson. Feelings over facts.

[@_Flashing_lights_]

Fr

[@PoisonelleMisty4311]

Frenchy is a great liar

[@ThatBalkanGuy.]

​@@PoisonelleMisty4311kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGfTe2R8l9qBos0si=cRE0d4YheSxwjLCI

[@tibsky1396]

The economic balance sheet for the colonies in Africa was catastrophic, the trade balance was in deficit, almost 71 billion gold francs. For what? Because it was necessary to develop the conquered territories, and for that to create infrastructures, bridges, roads, industries, hospitals, schools, dispensaries etc... and all that cost money. In addition, the resources generated by these colonies are expensive, more than the market price, to the point that not many people bought them, except in French clients. In Algeria alone, these clients paid 61% more for imports. On the scale of their economy, these imports represent almost nothing. The 6 or 7 main resources they needed were either at home or they were purchased elsewhere in the West. Ex: In 1913, in imports, 0.1% cotton, 3.2% wool, 0.2% silk. It's nothing. They will mainly import agricultural products for which they have paid enough to see that it is not worth it, so all of this, the citizens paid for it with their taxes. So, in terms of looting, there has been better. Some French Colonists got rich yes, but France, Clearly not. And even less the French Citizens.

[@epic6434]

The French colonist getting rich is added power to the game the French citizens are mostly imported and the French people are the Branches I'd guess.

[@Goyim-phobic]

Though it is true that colonial powers invested in infrastructure and development in their African colonies, it is essential to consider the broader context. The claim that the economic balance sheet for the colonies in Africa was catastrophic and the trade balance was in deficit of 71 billion gold francs needs further examination. Firstly, the economic exploitation of African colonies was not solely about developing the territories. It involved a complex system of resource extraction, forced labor, and unequal trade practices that heavily favored the colonial powers. While some infrastructures may have been built, they were often geared towards facilitating resource extraction and transportation back to the colonial powers, rather than promoting sustainable development for the local population. The statement that the resources generated by these colonies were expensive and not widely bought outside French clients might be a result of the monopolistic and exploitative practices imposed by the colonial powers. Regarding imports, it's crucial to note that the focus on specific percentages of certain resources may not represent the full scope of the economic interactions between the colonies and the colonial powers. Your argument that colonial imports represented only a small portion of the economy fails to acknowledge the broader impact of colonial rule on the African economies, such as the suppression of local industries and agricultural practices. Furthermore, your claim that citizens paid for the colonial endeavors with their taxes overlooks the fact that the primary beneficiaries of the exploitation were the colonial powers and a small group of colonial elites. The local populations in the colonies often suffered significant social and economic hardships. Overall, the issue of colonialism is a complex historical topic, and it is essential to consider various perspectives and evidence to gain a comprehensive understanding of its impact on both the colonial powers and the colonized territories. While some French colonists may have become wealthy, it is undeniable that colonialism had severe negative consequences for the majority of the local populations and their long-term economic prospects.

[@rarescevei8268]

The thing they called profit (3.2 billion francs) was actually money spent on development in the region

[@Osiris064]

"It will never be stopped, until we stop it ourselves" - Malcolm X

[@raif9203]

@alex x everything bad

[@Death.Died0]

@alex x stop letting people get away with disrespecting us

[@ZubairAhmed-od2xv]

@alex x White oppression of course.

[@budomk9299]

@alex x anything you want to. It's basically saying if you want something done, do it yourself.

[@commandologic4576]

Don't use his words he was racist towards whites.

[@psterling4321]

The world is in desperate need of truth and reconciliation.

[@farland8910]

Truth yes, but reconciliation in which terms? Thus far it’s been a one sided story in which the victims constantly have been told to reconcile with the perpetrators. I will never stand for that sort of so called reconciliation

[@XXXBiTcHpLeAsEXXX]

*Europeans. there fixed it for you.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@XXXBiTcHpLeAsEXXX Nah, the world.

[@ophthalmophobicnpc8002]

South Africa had a "Truth and Reconciliation" commission and as we know that country is now a multi-ethnic utopia where everyone lives peacefully together.

[@ZubairAhmed-od2xv]

@@XXXBiTcHpLeAsEXXX farangi

[@vladcruceanu2928]

Guys this video is full of wrong facts, just plain lies being told to fulfill their agendas...

[@Goyim-phobic]

Enlighten us

[@shimmeringswan1]

Where do we find the real version?

[@ampa4989]

That's everything AJ+ and WION do.

[@EW90]

@@Goyim-phobic channel called history legends debunks the propaganda spewed in this video Ifs no surprise tho as Al jazera are mustards of this kind of nonsense

[@bonjouraurevoir379]

At the beginning, I thought they just didn’t go to history lessons, but after I understood that this is simply historical revisionism

[@mansternst8055]

Yes and some people will fall for it. Its time to fight back

[@hugo13231]

Due to massive immigration from its former colonies a lot of french people don't think of the colonial problem, rather they see it as an imigration problem. Furthermore a lot of people (especialy older people) when you talk about the colonies they remeber the wars for independance, so to them there's no reason to apologise for somthing they lost.

[@gilmoreira8631]

You might not know a lot about immigration in France, France is not a multicultural country by choice, France tries to assimilate the foreigners that come into it's territory, so that people in France are united through the same values and customs

[@hugo13231]

@@gilmoreira8631 i live in france thanks

[@044b3]

@easter worshipper why

[@DasZuckerhaus]

Esp bc a lot of political exilees found refuge in france in post colonial period.

[@alexteixeira8211]

@@gilmoreira8631 Yeap! As it should be. When immigrating to a new nation you should adopt their customs and cultures.

[@juliencharnay7479]

What about Qatar's current racism and slavery? Thousands of Indian or Nepalese workers died building the stadiums and are denied their basic human rights... I'd be curious to know how AJ+ would deal with such a topic :) #BoycottWorldCup2022

[@arifjay_98]

Still what France did is worst lmao

[@evryatis2853]

@@arifjay_98 so you prefer to blame a country on its history rather than its present? dumbass

[@johnyarin8417]

Team Frrr

[@valentino8629]

Haha you know that AJ+ is financed by Quatar government ? So they will never talk about this. It shows you the stupidity that is this channel

[@zainabwalizai5692]

Still does not give France an excuse for what they did.

[@connorpetray424]

Imagine making a video were you get almost all of the facts wrong, lol. Maybe this person is competent enough to flip burgers, but I doubt it after watching this.

[@thruppenybit]

I dont know how someone can get so much wrong in such a short video, or should I say purposely fudge facts.

[@liamtahaney713]

Honestly the attitude of "colorblindness" and the idea that they already "fixed" racism with the revolution (civil war in the us) has huge parallels with discourse in the us

[@jean-francoisdupre3880]

I don't really agree to that point of view. France and the US have two different society ideals. Universalism in France, communitarianism in the US. Universalism believes, and in some way imposes, that all are equal and that colorblindness is the only way to obtain peace; while communitarianism believes that a peaceful cohabitation of communities, where all are set equal, is the way. Both have their ups and downs. Racism is present in both but for different reasons (much too long to elaborate here unless you wish so).

[@glokta1]

@@jean-francoisdupre3880 I think you misunderstood them. Yes, the prevalent view in the US is one of communitarianism but among American conservatives it's increasingly common to assume a "colorblind approach" to race a.k.a universalism. That's where the popular retort of "All lives matter" comes from in response to "Black lives matter" in the US and that's what they were alluding to as far as I can tell.

[@jean-francoisdupre3880]

@@glokta1 Thanks for the exchange. You could be right. Yet I have the impression that the "All lives matter" is more a denial or a counter-argument rather than anything else. Anyhow it will be interesting watch if, as you mention, there is a profound modification of ideal. I personally have doubts since it seems to me that the conservative south is more in some kind of "us and them" thinking rather than "let's mix and forget about color".

[@eddiecruz1532]

surprise... both nations were created from colonialism and settler colonialism.

[@Amar0kh]

@@eddiecruz1532 France was build way before colonialism, and was strong way before they ever made one step in Africa. Did you ever opened an History Book?

[@banksofbarcelona3893]

They don't want to talk about colonialism because France is still a colonial power with their colonial tax on 14 African countries Jacques Chirac once said without the exploitation of these 14 countries in Africa, France will become a third world country

[@gdeiselable]

Well said man

[@cutesy1631]

Well said Frane is cooming a third world country

[@macpeepeepoopoo7567]

Nonsense, France isn’t and never will be a 3rd world country

[@ThisFrenchEditor]

Source ? I heard that J.F Kennedy once said that he banged Elizabeth II and Ranavalona II from Madagascar 2 times each, must be true right ?

[@jean-francoisdupre3880]

Jacques Chirac never said that.

[@jonp799]

My grandfather who is still alive escaped slavery by fleeing into Colonial France.

[@tangroro]

The fact this video got more likes than dislikes should warn you how rotten this world is

[@TheLeftPath]

You mean the world is rotten because People critizise colonialism and exploitation? Maybe you are rotten.

[@angeldust9090]

Yeye twisting the facts and telling lies is a good thing to do

[@MM-ts9jy]

@@TheLeftPath smooth... brain

[@TheLeftPath]

@@MM-ts9jy rotten ... brain

[@bretert]

@@TheLeftPath Colonialism doesn't need criticism because the vast majority of people are against it and its not being practiced today, the problem is when you change the truth into a bunch of lies to further an agenda. There is an agenda that wants to link colonialism and empirical ambitions to white nations while that is in no way exclusive to white nations and many white ethnicities have been victims of oppression and slavery at the hands of others.

[@unitedblackpeoples4499]

Misleading headline! “Colonial past” implies that France has stopped Colonizing Africa, but the “Pact for the continuation of colonization” is still in affect

[@jean-francoisdupre3880]

Please enlighten me; what is this "pact for the continuation of colonization"??

[@jean-francoisdupre3880]

@RED RED Thank you for link. So is that it? May I point to you some shortcomings of this article: 1) So the "pact for the continuation of colonization" has no legal existence. There is no such international treaty signed by France or any of these countries. It is called like that by those who think that it has an informal existence. 2) The obligation of the CFA franc countries to hold reserves is of course not justifiable. Three remarks though: it does not directly costs anything to the African countries (all interests are given back to these countries). Be it France or another country, all states around the world hold reserves abroad. The amount was 50% not 75%. Macron recently agreed to change and the CFA franc is undergoing a massive shake up: the reserves will be returned and there are talks of a decoupling the CFA from the euro. 3) The article in the link dates back to 2014 and since then the author has still not found any evidence of the taxation he is talking about. The least we can do is have doubts about that informal and illegal taxation scheme.

[@apo5895]

@@jean-francoisdupre3880 🏳️🏳️🏳️

[@unitedblackpeoples4499]

@@jean-francoisdupre3880 Luigi di Maio is better informed than both of us. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4ewqqOfgMt5qNE

[@jean-francoisdupre3880]

@@unitedblackpeoples4499 Luigi di Maio isn't talking about the "Pact for the continuation of colonization", he's talking about the CFA franc. No news here!

[@sydneyw4282]

I know people are so sick of hearing about it. I know it. Imagine how tired people are from suffering from it? 🙃 Nobody wants to talk about it and acknowledge it and this is why we aren’t moving past it. People heal with apologies and changed action. We knew this in kindergarten.

[@yeshua64]

Meanwhile, every other ethnic group is passing them by. Their experiences are radically different. Why is this?

[@toyotaprius79]

Aye, and quickly soon then we're all told to "act" up, act our age and prepare us for survival in a world that is full acting, performing, competing, playing the part, getting with the program, being good and obedient.

[@melaninbotswana2474]

They are just not ignoring it they are still practicing all this things up to today

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

Imagine being you lmao

[@sydneyw4282]

@@TheMagicJIZZ You couldn’t in your wildest dreams.

[@f-15jeagle63]

Bad video leaving out much of actual history whilst making they're own

[@Arthur-bn8ue]

What a joke...When anti-humans want to learn you "anti-racism".

[@JVCkawa]

In Vietnam we don't have any hatred again France, at all. Now, we even like France a lot and appreciate their contribution to our culture through food and beautiful old buildings. Past is terrible, but past is past, no need to critize children for their parents' mistakes.

[@Pablo24000]

Thank you our Vietnamese friends from Paris

[@limitess9539]

It's best if we let the past go and focus on the present. Sorry if my grandgrandfather screwed yours or yours screwed mine, but those were totally different times and we weren't even born. Let's not shift racism from one race to another (to white race today, wtf?) and instead let's eliminate it completely.

[@BirkAxarberi]

I live in Norway, I can only say good things about the Vietnamese people.

[@Snaoe]

Well, the French dont have permanent military bases on your soil, they haven't murdered your democratically elected leader and replaced with a French puppet who brutalises your people and allows France to extract all the natural resources for their use. They don't force you to use a colonial currency where 70% of the foreign reserves goes straight to the French central banks. I'm a Somali and hold no anger and resentment against the British and Italians who colonised my country. However with French speaking West and Central African countries it's different. The French never, in any meaningful way decolinised and still hold an enormous amount of influence and power over those countries

[@yannfp]

@@Snaoe The Chinese and Russians have it all for a while now. French trade in these countries amounts to less than 15%. You are just falling for the Russian propaganda.

[@wubalubbadubdubb]

Please also do a report on Qatar's horrible treatment of migrant labour.

[@uzzyonline]

Not interested

[@skrigged9270]

Then let's make a report on indias horrible treatment of kashmiris too.

[@Amurjojo]

@@skrigged9270 fr

[@IoIita]

yes please, especially my country's migrant workers (filipino ofws) treatment in the middle east :/

[@ShivJ16]

@@skrigged9270 I think you mean Kashmiris’ horrible treatment of their own Hindu Pandit population.

[@Solo_Wargame]

As a person of Latvian descent, I DEMAND reparations from Russia, Sweden, Prussia, Poland, the Teutonic knights, Lithuania, the Soviet Union and Germany...... More importantly where would Africa be without the colonial powers?? probably at least 100 years behind in technology and infrastructure...

[@cjimbeam2125]

to be fair, they basically havent changed in 30,000 years of human history. Colonism is giving them a chance to catch up.

[@DaveE7492]

France, don't apologise! And DEFINITELY don't pay any reparations!

[@The_Gallowglass]

WHERES MY REPARATIONS? I'M IRISH! BRITAIN, GIVE ME MONEY!!!!

[@mahdiabderraouf5795]

Who asked them to pay for reparations or even wanted them to apologize? Do you think the former colonies want their tainted money or expect a hypocritical apology from those arrogant, pitiful, US-subordinates? What benefit would that bring? Anyway, I'd like to see you say the same thing to the Germans the next time they intend to compensate Jewish survivors. Let's see if you dare spout such nonsense then, coward.

[@mahdiabderraouf5795]

​@@The_Gallowglass I don't think an Irish person would say something so stupid.

[@The_Gallowglass]

@@mahdiabderraouf5795 Lad, apparently you've ne'er been to Ireland.

[@mahdiabderraouf5795]

@@The_Gallowglass If you didn't get what I meant, I was referring to the exact statement you made. And being a witness of your awful sense of humor, I'm glad that I've yet to meet a Brit in person.

[@gayafrican3207]

We have absolutely no excuse to occupy French soal in such numbers and complaining about lies, our place is in Africa not in Europe.

[@TheSilverGate]

Ouch, nothing like the cold truth

[@UIAL570]

So your saying that people should go back to where they came from? That’s not racist or anything…

[@eaturcookiescookie7462]

I agree but still people should be allowed to be in another country as long as it’s limited to not fully settle the region like Americans when Mexico has some small economic problems

[@hiphipjorge5755]

​@@eaturcookiescookie7462Migration is a natural thing, and it's okay as long as there is a degree of cultural integration after 1-2 generations (which is true of Mexicans in the USA, the American born children speak English fluently). If for example US citizens who are moving to Mexico (there are over 1 million now) end up having kids and starting a family, what's wrong with that? The issue with mass migration of Muslims in Europe is that Islam has a radical element that is incompatible with hyper liberal Western European societies. The gap between Mexico and the US in terms of social values is much smaller than the gap between Muslims and the French for example. Most Mexicans are Catholic, and the remaining are Protestant or Atheist. None of those presents a cultural conflict to the USA.

[@Shangori]

Throughout the ages, empires have conquered other lands and enslaved others. Not just France, not just Europe, but every single person alive today has a past rooted in victory over others. You wouldn't be here otherwise. This idea that the western world is especially heinous and murderous comes sadly also from the idea of exceptionalism. A racist idea on its own, flipped around. It doesn't make it any less racist. Maybe it's time people accept that being conquered and being the conquerer was the norm throughout the world. Same with slavery. I don't feel the need to say sorry any more than the mongols feel a need to say sorry. We don't live in the past. Accept that history is history and that there are plenty of horrors and problems we face today that we have no time nor resources to whine about a past none were part of

[@laxanotfound]

1) France may have institutional racism to some extent, but you can't generalize the behavior of some policemen to the whole people 2) Adama Traoré was a criminal, his death may be unfortunate, but he wasn't "killed in cold blood"

[@dante6563]

Source?

[@robloxmaster6114]

​@@royrogers3133 "noob"

[@woodsmann7417]

Yes, other than military nationalist french people. They don't really care and are cool

[@TheMadu017]

Bro, just accept there's racism there and stop nitpicking. Until the French people realise there's a deep and serious problem of racism, they'll never make reparations, and hence will never heal!

[@wagnar]

So it was George Floyd... but your double standards doesn't let you see that, not frog?

[@somethingunscripted]

When you're ideology trumps actual history. Based on your definition I need an apology from African Moors for 800 years of racist occupation of Spain.

[@tomasznowak1159]

Jak śmiesz, Islamofobie ?

[@matldn2697]

So when you attacked N Africa and they retaliated - then you panty wet!! How zio can you get.

[@dangercat9188]

Are you spanish?

[@DOT107]

the amount of inaccuracies is outstanding

[@quentinpelletier7131]

Arab colonization was even more brutal !

[@naomssi1300]

how does that excuse France from it's past crimes??

[@fouzibirouk8840]

@@naomssi1300 non not even comparable to what europeans (france/UK/ netherland / portugal/ spain) bring your evidences and let talk

[@KalilIllinois]

And? Just because Hitler was worse than Ted Bundy doesn't mean we shouldn't have done something about Ted Bundy. If the world worked like that, we'd have a handful of people in jail, only the worse of the worse of the worse

[@zia3615]

@@naomssi1300 Do we ask Arabs to apologize?

[@matsits]

I don't understand why AJ+ never do report about slavery and colonization by muslims countries (???)

[@jimboy419]

This is too big a topic to squeeze into a short video - there are books, films and studies on every point made here. It takes a lot of study to understand the details.

[@Gromkiii]

Maybe you Woke History Lesson should stay with activism and leave history to historians. Here is a little more accurate version kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGfTe2R8l9qBos0

[@IchabodvanTassel98]

Exactly

[@reharl4953]

This video is one of the most biased, inaccurate piles of revisionist garbage I've ever seen. How exactly was Haiti revolting against an 1884 policy... over 80 years before it occurred, and over fifty years before Jules Ferry was even born. It also flatly misquotes its source material. The 3.4 BN profit was in contrast to 3.2 BN modernization expenses in infrastructure and law enforcement, payed for by the French taxpayers, and directly benefitting the colonies in question. And why? Oh. Money. Gibs me dem wepawations.

[@user-nv6yb7xl7m]

it's funny only European countries have to apologies for everything

[@LoneTurtle10]

Does it make you cry at night that people don't like you? 😭 😭 😭 😭You poor soul. You Europoors are worse than the Americans!

[@sarahs.thorpe857]

What about that time Barbary Coast pirates from Algeria enslaved millions of Europeans

[@DS-qg9cd]

There's a difference between enslaving and killing people, torturing them, putting them into nuclear tests.... it is said that 1.5 million algerian were dead but real estimates are up to 12 million.

[@myme8208]

@@DS-qg9cd There is a difference too between just a small group of evil people and a whole evil country colonizing the world, keeping heads as tokens.

[@niksarass]

You won't see that on Aj+ lmao

[@niksarass]

@@DS-qg9cd BS revisionism. Historians estimates are 400k only. The 1.5 M figure was from the FLN which was a pure political and propaganda number based on nothing. As for 12M.... there was only 2M people in Algeria lmao

[@DS-qg9cd]

@@niksarass I dunno where you got your info but it seems like you are talking about some kind of battle instead of the colonization of 130+ years. The 12M people were over the course of these years.

[@laclassealamaison-ebsr5698]

Adama Traoré était un criminel je rappelle

[@ilanlopez9826]

T'est con ou quoi? L'état n'a pas un mandat pour le meurtre de tous les criminels. Qu'il était criminel ou pas ne justifie pas son meurtre. Que la police l'ait tué ne justifie pas son crime non-plus, mais cette manie a "rappeler" les crimes des morts au mains de la police est une façon lâche de changer de sujet. Et pire ça implique que ce meurtre était juste

[@belias4c907]

@@ilanlopez9826 et toi t'arrives à faire fonctionner tes 3 neuronnes avant d'insulter les gens ? La mort d'un criminel sera toujours moins grave que celle d'un innocent, et toute la famille Traoré est une famille de truands

[@M-J-qn8td]

@@ilanlopez9826 Une canaille récidiviste qui en était à sa deuxième tentative de fuite! Bon débarras.

[@DemetrioGC]

what is more amazing to me, is that 15k people really believe this nonsense to be true

[@basfinnis]

The French live in a world of denial. Moan about North Africans and Arabs but never question for a second why they're in France or their part in history.

[@CAM8689]

question is do the north africans and arabs know the level of denial in there own past of conquest and colonization including in europe before they were defeated.....history doesn't happen in a vacuum.....

[@MJ617]

I had a French professor touting how his grandfather is a veteran. I asked him what war he said Algeria.....I replied “you know your grandfather is the bad guy in that story” . He looked at me shocked cause he never thought of it that way 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@leonidasthermopylae3378]

The Arabs have never faced their own past of piracy and slavery

[@jean-francoisdupre3880]

Are you sure? The Algerian war is not that far from us. Your professor must be really young.

[@leonidasthermopylae3378]

Or his professor must be alive in his dream.

[@Caitgreenham]

So does this means the Arabs will own up to their own genocidal past?

[@barandeveci8434]

@@leonidasthermopylae3378 Why are you trying to change subject? We are talking about France here. Also the event you talked about is from Medieval age of violence is a life style around global. Brutality of France on Africa happened in Modern age. This guy says his teacher's grandfather. Can't you see that?

[@jeremymonin8343]

The people who manifest for Adama traore was many times condemned as his family who made many crimes in France. The people and the television are hypocrite seriously for this men, it wasn't an angel

[@jesusisnotgod4265]

You should've said " HE wasn't an angel" not "it wasn't angel" because Adama was a person. But i agree with you👍

[@saifliker1]

All humans should have equal rights but it seems in countries like France black people have fewer rights

[@isyx7483]

@@saifliker1 they have exactly the same right what are you talking about

[@jeremymonin8343]

@@saifliker1 I have some of my family from Reunion island. They have black skin and they are proud to be French. We are equals!

[@darktolightgang]

@@saifliker1 ????????? LOL what ??

[@Alexandre-xt4nv]

Wtf Adama traore was a rotter you dont have to defend him like this in this enquiry

[@seekinggodfirst754]

Your sentiment is similar to the anti-George Floyd argument in the States. People are crying out against their unjust treatment by law enforcement. We are not defending their character. All people have the right to due process under the law.

[@pierrostation]

@@seekinggodfirst754 At least George Floyd wasn't a rapist who had a sister who sell T-shirts on his name to make a livin after the events...

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

@@seekinggodfirst754 It's not the same thing at all you absolute id************ Seriously you people are so dumb.

[@nathanielsantistevan4019]

Gigachad French moment.

[@erwanmonfort7506]

What a joke, France is one of the most welcoming and generous country in the world, and its population is certainly not xenophobic. You should travel more and compare it to other countries like far Eastern Europe or Asia is a great exemple too, where nationalism is normal

[@cam19man2]

If the French Colonies need an apology, then the United States needs an apology from Great Britain for raising the price of tea

[@ahmed-fouad]

i mean, the fact that you're comparing ethnic cleansing and exploitation that lasts till today to the rise of tea prices that doesn't exist in the collective memory of americans tells a lot about your intelligence.

[@TheLeftPath]

@@ahmed-fouad That is indeed the average level of intelligence of people who relativize colonialism.

[@gc9192]

RÉÉMIGRATION

[@user-yf2wn7yc2s]

Oui !

[@debutant1277]

Hahaha xD

[@misterf2785]

Bizarre toi

[@nehapatel6332]

Your shtty family first

[@gc9192]

@@nehapatel6332 Je suis Européens 😂

[@MrAlkylation]

Al Jazeera a channel from countries where 99% of the population is homogenous who judge racist a country where 40% of the population has foreigner origin. It makes sense for sure...ridiculous.

[@rayan4283]

you really think that because a lot of foreigners are living in France that explains why it's not a racist country? wtf

[@MrAlkylation]

@@rayan4283 yes it explains a lot of things. And immigration never stop in France, why they continue to come if this is the hell?? Why they don’t leave?? Why foreigners coming in France have the same rights that people living in France since many generations?? Everything show it is not a racist country. As there are many foreigners, many cannot adapt well actually because of culture which is very different. When you cannot adapt you directly think it is not because of yourself but because of others because they dislike you because they are racist and this fake feeling is enhanced if you stay only with others foreigners in a community because they think like you. And as they are many you hear them. Actually the main problem with immigration in France is that France allow to much people to come in a very short time. So there is no time to help those people to adapt and integrate in a very different country.

[@rayan4283]

@@MrAlkylation and also, 99% of the population of Saudi being homogeneous doesn't make it a racist country wtf ?? people just don't go living in Saudi Arabia because there wasn't any political influence impacted on other countries, there's nothing to do really in Saudi Arabia, it's a beautiful country but the situation isn't really better for citizens. Africans and Arabs travel to these countries and live in them because they speak the language that was forced on them to learn, and the economical situation is better in Europe. PLUS you have a lot more rights in Europe and it allows you to live more comfortably, without having to worry about corruption, illiteracy, and criminality, that you guys inflicted on us by destroying our governments. trust me if the situation was better all the refugees and citizens would be living in their countries

[@rayan4283]

@@MrAlkylation also, you saying that 40% of French citizens are foreigners isn't a valuable argument or reason to deny it's racism behaviour

[@MrAlkylation]

@@rayan4283 hahaha yes I know the song. Your problems are always the fault of others. And Saoudi Arabia has no impact on others countries with all the oil they produce...let me laugh... For the rest, you said yourself. You can live better in Europe than in your own countries and even with this gift you dare to say that people are racist. So ungrateful you are. Disgusting.

[@SandraMorrison-eb7tq]

It's a shame all these Africans living in France don't go back to the country of their birth or ancestors ( these countries need people of passion and skill to rebuild ) besides that by staying in France a country they obviously hate doesn't that make them a bunch of hypocrites.

[@branis96]

Their countries are still being controlled by the French empire as part of the post-"independence" treaties which force them to stay under the French influence and benefit France economically, which make them not free to have their own decisions in moving forward The hypocrites are the people who keep stealing the economies of others while hating them.. don't talk about hypocrisy (and lies) because this is a perfect Western tradition and mentality

[@SandraMorrison-eb7tq]

@@branis96 They are still free to leave France nobody is holding them there. Hypocrisy is living in a country and hating it disrespecting it and expecting it to change to suit you a minority.

[@branis96]

​@@SandraMorrison-eb7tq Yes they can leave France, but can France leave their countries? when they comeback to their countries and find that France still benefit from their economies until today from the post-"independence" treaties, without talking about the economies stolen from them by France in the colonial era, and find they are forced to live under pro-French rulers or else France will intervene to "bring freedom and democracy".. do you really call that "leaving France"? When Europeans stole the Americas and Australia and Africa and all the atrocities they did there, they were a minority, they disrespected the locals and hated them, and yes they changed it to suit them as a minority.. you are calling your ancestors and yourself a hypocrites.

[@danishtariq7473]

Yes they should go back from where their ancestors came from. They should research about how much wealth have been looted from those countries and as soon as they'll get that money they should take it and go back.

[@fa5234]

They've been french for generations (many like me even have a grandfather that fought for France) but like what you just did they/we have been treated as immigrants/invaders.

[@user-kc6so2nu3m]

may Haiti, Algeria, and all countries colonized by France flourish. love from🇵🇸❤

[@Kingkillersstripe632]

Colonise is spelled with an S not Z

[@user-kc6so2nu3m]

@@Kingkillersstripe632 don't try to change the subject

[@Kingkillersstripe632]

@@user-kc6so2nu3m I'm not

[@user-kc6so2nu3m]

@@Kingkillersstripe632 so what was your intention?

[@Unknown-yv1mw]

@@Kingkillersstripe632 @lulu was right the first time tf

[@Muffinintoppings]

Thanks for a misleading video.oh and watch the history legends vid.

[@louisnall3102]

You forgot to mention that compared to other European countries, France was fairly chill with Native Americans. Also Algeria wasn’t entirely a French colony, it was also a part of France. Edit: when referring to Algeria, I am meaning it administratively became a part of France, not an ordinary colony.

[@therickibobby4865]

Go read history, and say it to the Native people of those countries you mentionned and what they suffered.

[@louisnall3102]

I did, and the French were pretty chill with native Americans. I mean, Sacagawea’s husband was a Frenchman. More Frenchman married natives than other Europeans settlers. (Except for Spanish) The Delaware and Shawnee were French allies in the seven years war. France had mostly done fur trading with the natives, and their friendship only ended when England kicked France out of the americas.

[@yaziri7]

Tell that to algerians that got their lands robbed and their families raped and the 8 million people who died due to the frensh army

[@therickibobby4865]

@@louisnall3102 You left out a huge part of history where they (French) started the biological war that decimated their population. You forgot that those Native People had to undergo forced conversion because of Jesuite. Keep telling yourself that Frenchmen were innocent. Most of these native people got rapped and tricked into marriage.

[@louisnall3102]

@@yaziri7 tell what, Algeria administratively speaking was a French territory, and not just a colony? I didn’t praise the French, I just pointed out a fact.

[@briancops3798]

Let's be honest it's not only against other races, bretons, Fleming, catalans, Corsicana, alsaciens, Basque, occitans and many other minoreties had to fight for centuries just to recognized, to be able to get taught in their language. It's not about racism but centralism and the Jacobine thought.

[@gordonchilde2679]

Tu veux expliquer ça à des pleureuses professionnelles, des malhonnêtes, qui plus est sur une chaine qataris (autrement dit l’hôpital qui se fout de charité).

[@briancops3798]

​@@gordonchilde2679 Je pense qu'il est important que toute l'histoire de France soit vue, pas seulement à partir du 15 / 16ème siècle, par exemple: les croisades cathares. Si les médias ne le disent pas, d'autres personnes devraient le faire.

[@gordonchilde2679]

@@briancops3798 Exactement , la christianisation de force des scandinaves par Charlemagne, la guerre de cent ans entre France et Angleterre, ou si on remonte plus loin de rappeler par exemple que Spartacus qui n'était pas africain était esclave en son temps ou que les sociétés précolombiennes pratiquaient les sacrifices humains etc etc que l'histoire de l'humanité est faite de tragédies mais ce qui compte ce n'est pas le passé mais le présent

[@gordonchilde2679]

@@briancops3798 Pour ça j'aime lire et écouter le Pr. Bernard Lugan par exemple

[@john.dough.9423]

@@briancops3798 Rah c'est bon, parle pas pour les alsaciens, on a rien a faire de vos conneries, on veut la paix, la prospérité, la liberté, ont l'a donc la France on l'aide, c'est un marché équitable.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

No french speaking African country is doing well. Rwanda kicked out France and all of a sudden the problems stopped and the country flourished

[@toyotaprius79]

I would not be so two dimensional on that if I were to warn you.

[@grahamt5924]

Was that after the genocide them.

[@kaijuslayer3334]

Most African countries aren’t doing well so that doesn’t say much.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

@@grahamt5924 Yes.a France sponsored genocide. That was it for Rwanda. Change the language and kicked then out. Now the country is stable,safe and extremely clean. All in less that 25 years

[@shadowraptor9163]

@@RUTHLESSambition5 they changed the language from Arabic to French

[@elodievuiton2344]

Ahahah they think we will be ashamed, it's an honor to be "racist" in front of a calculated invasion.

[@Amir_97]

well yes in real life you are ashamed, on the internet you are not

[@yourlocalfarmer9092]

Yes, and the invasion will succeed, because you and your people as a whole is big piece of horse shite

[@000nao]

China and russia do be waiting for an apology from Mongolia

[@nz560]

Traoré : what they dont tell you is that some accused police men are black... Short view from journalist that let viewers think that surely cause is racism. Also when you have a thug life, can you really expect to have an healthy end... It s very likely and accident or a heath issue. Make research by yourself about the glory track record of this family. You will understand that s a outstanding criminality clan, not looking for a peacefully way of life. "Journalist" have easy way to story it, just think by yourself

[@BasedAccountLmao]

The journalist makes an anti white pro islamist propaganda channel.

[@WaqManVR]

It sounds like the French don't want to change. If anything they are proud of their racism.

[@anelkia27]

Please don't generalize us a lot of french are aware of it and are trying to work on it on our level.

[@DixieFaukner]

@@nergset Loool

[@baochi456]

@@nergset ya'll are racist too, own it up.

[@l.b4723]

Exactly

[@baochi456]

@@nergset need not to, I'm from a country France took advantage of and colonized. Everywhere on earth have racism, France is no different, you're blind to defending them.

[@Asimplepawn]

This video is old, but I feel like I should say something anyway. Please go and research history for yourself. This video lies about everything and doesn't tell you details like specific dates and people mentioned in this video. One example is that they talk about Haiti saying that they have been colonized but didn't say that when Haiti colonized Dominican Republic for year and kill many innocent people and enslaved them. They also use current maps instead of 1800s maps. Some of this countries didn't exist at the time. This video is trash with information that is incomplete and it's trying to make an agenda to make them look good by bending the truth.

[@user-ru1xy8od8k]

Of course I don't care about the French, they are not our friends, but this video is super propaganda. Why? Yes, because they are silent about the essence of those events, history, actors, motivation, everything is hushed up here, from causes to consequences. In many ways, it's just miss information. On the other hand, I support these trends in the West. Lie to each other, gnaw each other!

[@alguiendealgunlugardelaman5029]

"Haitian revolution" they forgot to say that was a genocide as well.

[@nzingalou7556]

Duhhh. As it should have been.

[@modo1896]

@@nzingalou7556 I thought genocide was wrong?

[@nzingalou7556]

@@modo1896 Um.... not if you’re killing the people enslaving you so you can literally free yourself you psycho 😂

[@modo1896]

@@nzingalou7556 Genocide is not and never will be self-defense. If you don't know what genocide actually means, you should look it up.

[@guyver-9717]

Yeah, if all your nation is enslaved and you make a revolution you would probably hug the enslavers 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kevinlocke4515]

Why would they apologize for having been a successful nation in the past?

[@anelkia27]

What a toxic mindset

[@stormz761]

Yo yo Brutaka don’t cry when France becomes Africa/Arab 2.0

[@harinivasan9609]

@Yo yo Brutaka Historians differentiate between ancient colonialism and modern colonialism (European, American and Japanese). You might want to check that out.

[@guyver-9717]

Its because of people like you all humans will perish

[@eaturcookiescookie7462]

Looks like someone forgot to turn off AI Historical Mode 💀

[@Tasos04252]

Anyone here from history legends?

[@KolyaUrtz]

nice pfp

[@ajplus]

Sign up for subtext, our newsletter about the people and movements driving change in our society: ajplus.co/g6euk

[@wendyloritz5502]

Do you have the reports on migrant workers' deaths on construction sites where world cup sports will be held?

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Right because one of the first kingdoms to abolish slavery and decriminalise homosexuality is the cause of racism BRAVO!

[@chomper720]

Say have you people ever looked into the LONG bad history between the US and Japan that caused Pearl Harbor? :o

[@ThisFrenchEditor]

I was disapointed about the comments, then I came here. Humanity restored.

[@Andrzej451]

Any thoughts on making series of those videos? As a Ukrainian, I feel Russian colonialism in Eastern Europe was never addressed by any media.

[@KingerAkaAdolfMarshall]

Nowadays even Media is rewriting history.

[@vulkanosaure]

I reject the premise

[@salutic.7544]

“Colonial past” while the French aren’t as formidable as the past but to say France especially isn’t still a colonial power is pretty dumb

[@cevinwillson9113]

The fact that former colonies still speak French is the long term ongoing colonialism

[@salutic.7544]

@@cevinwillson9113 that, aswell as political factions like the francophone union that holds North Africa and now central Africa under French grips

[@LuzdoSol00]

If don't effect you, why would be border to look closer to the issue? Amazes me everything!!! I forgot to mention about Ghana President talking about " father Christmas " with Macaron in the room. Iconic!!!

[@BarberJ95]

They literally still have their troops in their former colonies and still wield significant power there, like in Africa with the CTA Franc

[@robertmorrison107]

@@cevinwillson9113 They are forced to speak french today?

[@JohnChinese320]

In history EVERYONE can ask about some retribution. what about spain with 500 years of muslim occupation ? what about the slavery from Arabic country ? what about all christians persecuted peoples in Egypt, Irak, Syria, ect, what about the serbian people ? what about the genocide of Eatern Europe by nomadics peoples from Asian stepps between the XII et XV century ? EVERYONE IS EGILIBLE TO ASK SOMETHING, SO STOP WITH THIS NO SENS PLEASE

[@ganeshcsaiisc]

Yes that is true! They are asking reparations for the things done by their ancestors! How weird is that? After watching the video and reading the comments, I feel that, really the far leftists in the American colleges are responsible for the mess like she mentioned in the video.

[@dorellanarange3614]

You say this bs and then have to nerve to believe you're intellectually superior to "lesser" races😂

[@BB-kc4bs]

Europeans always try to make it seem less worse then it is by trying to spread the blame

[@TotalWarGameplay]

Why don't you guys just go and say : WE JUST NEED MONEY !

[@FrenchBasicsStream]

Independant reporters in France (who are widely repressed in the Macron era) and human rights NGO show an increase of racism af segregative practices (look how people in Seine Saint Denis are treated if they are colored, in contrast with their closest neighbors from the other suburbs of Paris, racial identification ("fichage ethnique") by the police of Marseilles), in France now. This is a crucial question for the future of all people in France and in its former colonies.

[@MemoTea]

Quite a simplified interpretation of the issue...

[@Max-ns8lc]

@@ts8404 it’s literally about colonial past we’re the Europeans colonized. AJ+ is obviously biased but this is a pretty fair criticism of France.

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

France still owns many counties economically and have so many stolen artifacts

[@maxschmidt6533]

There really is a denial about this in France. Even my teacher in high school, a pretty liberal guy, corrected me and said France didn’t have an empire, that they were just colonies

[@manonyme7242]

Of course it wasn't an empire ! France is a republic !

[@maxschmidt6533]

@@manonyme7242 You can call it what you want but having colonies is quite an imperial thing to do. What do you call it if not an empire?

[@manonyme7242]

@@maxschmidt6533 A colonial state if you want but not an empire. You can't have an empire without an emperor

[@maxschmidt6533]

@@manonyme7242 Can’t be a republic either if over half of it’s citizens have no rights at all. Emperor is just a title, doesn’t mean France didn’t have an empire

[@manonyme7242]

@@maxschmidt6533 Colonies were not part of France. So they were not french's citizens. No emperor is a job

[@jonathanpitcher5229]

I don't disagree with some ideas in this, but consider the source of this piece and their own agenda

[@Tony-qn6sb]

3:07 globally during colonialism, the colonies cost more than it brought gains to France.

[@derrindouglas1936]

They still enslaved many and now our language is Europeans. So it’s an immigrant language

[@Tony-qn6sb]

@@derrindouglas1936 there was no slavery during colonialism, and what you say does not change what I say about financial balance.

[@eugenelubbock5478]

@@Tony-qn6sb yeah... no. slavery was a thing. and still is in part.

[@Tony-qn6sb]

@@eugenelubbock5478 no link with what I just said.

[@eugenelubbock5478]

@@Tony-qn6sb you did kinda say slavery wasnt a thing.

[@Sushi-Katana]

Literally any nation that colonized.

[@researchdesignz]

The deep reality is, Most part of the world is either colonized, invaded or overtaken by another group... but only the west gets the blame far often because of too many movies & media hype! Most parts of the world are actually racist, many in middleeast & asia , they don't even allow other races to become their citizens or represent in their national army or sports, or governments solely because of another race or religion !

[@Sushi-Katana]

@@researchdesignz this isnt about colonialism vs "all the problems other countries have." Lol. Issues exist everywhere, this particular issue is about colonization, which is mainly a Western practice.

[@idontevenhaveapla7224]

@@researchdesignz that's because the west still benefits from it. It wasn't as long ago as you think. My grandmother lived through it, having to work as a child so she doesn't starve.

[@Sushi-Katana]

I dunno how you drew that whole conclusion from one sentence, but ok. 😆👍

[@harinivasan9609]

@@researchdesignz Because no one else pretends their colonialism is good for the colonized. Because people still live under the echoes of colonialism. Greater India broke into 3 parts because the colonial masters encouraged the Islamic League party. Africans still live under colonialism. Pick me one colonialist country that affected as much of the world and was as brutal throughout its reign like the European ones.

[@rodolforaul4631]

I recommend thesse books: Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World; Liberalism A Counter-History; Imperialism the highest stage of capitalism; War and Revolution: Rethinking the Twentieth Century; The Wretched of the Earth.

[@gdeiselable]

Thank you

[@rodolforaul4631]

@@gdeiselable 😄

[@kylebutte503]

"whats the matter with Kansas" book

[@edwardelric10001]

Just in case 2020 was too cheerful

[@basfinnis]

Frogs in the comments crying salty tears of denial as history was never their strong point obvs?

[@asenseofunreality6880]

as you say not knowing the history just agreeing with your sides version of it while ignlring years of acediemic work on the subjects, you are worse than a uneducated person, you are a willfully ignorant troglydite

[@Northkoreanspy20]

People want all of France to apologize for something they didn't do

[@mtadmin4961]

France won't apologize for the same reason the US won't apologize for slavery: it creates a legal liability that someone can follow up to use to sue them.

[@MineAppleKhan]

The difference is that the US is always having a conversation about race and issues of equality in politics. France on the other hand is practically one sided.

[@catman9806]

So will the arabs apologize for colonialism?

[@MineAppleKhan]

@@catman9806 yeah, it’s bad the Arabs did that, but it’s nowhere near the scale or utter damage of life as compared to European colonialism.

[@catman9806]

@@MineAppleKhan lol so wiping out an entire culture and forcing people to assimilate and killing those who didn’t convert they still did it

[@KS-sl4ji]

@@catman9806 yup. France did that. Thanks for acknowledging it.

[@ToPlantASeed1]

France is NOT a racist country. Are there racist people that live there? Yes, of course. But, on a relative basis, it's one the LEAST racist countries in the world. The police having to arrest Arabs and blacks 20x more than white people is not a symptom of institutionalized racism, it's a symptom the high crime rates in those communities (which is a result of poverty). If you want to see racism, you're welcome to travel to the Arab gulf states, china, India, Russia, most of eastern europe, South Africa, etc...

[@firmi_2119]

I'm really sorry - I can't take lessons on racism or much of anything else from a Qatari government mouthpiece.

[@augth]

Finally someone said it

[@betunia98]

Yes you can

[@johnswanson8002]

Agreed they are banned in multiple nations for so much propaganda they make.

[@tatos8691]

finally, some logical mind here

[@lioneliv3195]

@@tatos8691 for real, I started to think all the comments were brainwashed. I'm not going to let Qatari give my country lessons about racism and oppression. This shit media just serves Islamist propaganda and fuels the the hate against the west

[@sandoristar7597]

AJ+ learn history as it is and not cherry picking the facts.

[@fergusmurphy8310]

France was a great nation prior to any colonisation.

[@TechnoForever21]

Colonization of North America was ok, it actually benefited both France and Natives, but England had to get in the way and wipe everyone when they decided it was time to settle here...

[@nadhirgharbi5837]

@@TechnoForever21 native ? Benefit ? The destruction of cities and the spread of illetrism and famines also masse murders yes it was a great benefit ....😂

[@TechnoForever21]

@@nadhirgharbi5837 "Tell me you don’t know anything about New France, without telling me you don’t anything about New France." There was no mass murder of the Natives by the French. There were plenty of marriages though. Yes, there are quite a few that died but it wasn’t mass murder, it wasn’t intentional. Different parts of the world had different diseases and Natives weren’t exposed to this in America so yes, there are Natives that died, but it wasn’t murder. I will have to agree that some tribes got pushed, like the Mohawks got pushed away from the island of Montréal. Mohawks were the enemies of our allies so we didn’t care about them since they were hostile and the most violent tribe. But other groups weren’t put in reserves until the government of Canada adopted the bill of sauvages. Segregation of Natives happened later on, like I said, when the English came here. Not that they did it alone, but when Canada came in the picture, both French and English Canadians did atrocities. Natives were benefiting from the colonization when they were making trades with the French though. It is silly to say we slaughtered them because we never had any violent intention towards them when we arrived here. We knew we wouldn’t survive if we didn’t have their help because travelling across the Atlantic took 9 months at the time. Actually the founder of Quebec City dreamed of a Quebec where people would be half French, half native.

[@ovadyarachman7243]

@@TechnoForever21 yea that's just Canada, what about Africa and the middle East?

[@TechnoForever21]

@@ovadyarachman7243 Why are you talking to me about Africa? I clearly stated colonization in North America actually benefited both indigenous people and French people in the beginning. Read between the lines, it means Africa’s colonization only benefited France.

[@JV-dj2ru]

You know I hope that the issue of Christianophobia in the Middle East would be given the same media highlight as Islamophobia since Christianity is the most persecuted religion today.

[@branis96]

Christianity as a religion doesn't exist.. it's just a political ideology that came to countries like yours with the European colonial powers to control your lands and benefit from it economically and strategic Even most of the people who brought you Catholicism gave it up today partly or fully.. while you still talk about an ideology that was re-written and reformed hundreds of times just to fit the agendas of its creators and colonizers.

[@JV-dj2ru]

@@branis96 I could say the same with all religions, be it Islam, Buddhism, or Hinduism. Religious institution are by nature political institutions used to legitimize one over another although some are worldly and than others since they dictate everything a person does. But, religion is also part of human nature, the inherent ability of humans to believe is what religion is founded on. To respect a religion is to respect a culture, and I see a lot of Christians being persecuted, beheaded, killed because of their faith. That is anti-progressive. Everybody has the inherent right to believe that is human nature. To kill someone and force someone to convert to other doctrines of belief just because it doesn't sit well with theirs is a crime against humanity, but what is worst than that is being silent. Christianity is the most persecuted today, many are killed, forcibly converted, and given little respect to, especially in the Middle East. Won't you agree that Christianophobia or should I say Christian genocide be something to be worried about especially if it doesn't gain the attention it deserves? Take for example the killing in France, many muslims countries betrayed Macron for implementing stricter ban on religious practices for the sake of France's liberal and secular values but never did I hear one mention about the innocent sacristans killed and teacher of course. The former Malaysian Prime Minister even confined the killing saying that the French should be killed.

[@waleed8530]

Christianity is a Middle Eastern religion, you worship an olive skinned guy named Yeshua. it's indeed a political ideology exploited by Paul and was later Romanized and adopted by the west.

[@JV-dj2ru]

@@branis96 Although this is off topic with what I said but since you brought it up about how Christianity was brought to control the lands. I could say every religion did that, some more than others though, The Ottomans and Arabs did it with Islam, the Mongols tried to do it but failed with Buddhism, and the Hindu priest used it to assert authority, but that is not the point here. I was pointing out how the literally innocent people are dying each day, humiliated, forced in horrible conditions, yet no one even looks at their way. But maybe wouldn't call it Christianophobia since it's not that people are afraid of Christians, but rather hatred of Christianity, which is much more worse.

[@JV-dj2ru]

@@waleed8530 Yes yes, but that's not the point here, I'm saying that there are people dying, being discriminated, and persecuted out there yet you won't here it on the news or anything

[@SI-cd7xs]

Now do Arab Muslim colonisation and imperialism.

[@romanenthusiast906]

Lol

[@chefrabbaigoldenbergsteins5018]

lmao u talk about somthing before 1000 1500 years ago

[@appleslover]

Whataboutist spotted

[@andriwahyudani1302]

wow some Islamophobia here

[@andriwahyudani1302]

@Yo yo Brutaka Seriously bro. Please differentiate colonize and conquered

[@makisxatzimixas2372]

"Refuse to accept its past". Do they want every French person to bow down? Do "colonized" countries' people know about the brutalities they have commited? Every country has had wars and attrocities. Some were just more successful and economically prosperous than others.

[@harinivasan9609]

It's not what you are doing as much as you expecting other people to shut up about their problems. Africans have every right to hate France because they are the victims in this particular case. You love France? Great. But don't expect other people to shut up and celebrate your "greatness". Also, no. You know how Germany formally acknowledged that Nazism was bad? That was a good thing. You know why? Because you can't wipe away the past. Hatred among communities fester. When are the governments of colonial countries going to acknowledge that colonialism broke several communities? Also, past? Lol. Colonial legacy lives on even in ex-colonies and you want people to shut up about it?

[@niksarass]

@@harinivasan9609 We are waiting for Africa to admit their reprehensible wrong doings in Europe, that lasted much more than anything France has done. Do you want us to shut up about it and celebrate your greatness?

[@Lily-Roses]

This is typical french stupid reflexion. No, just the Government to reconize their horrible crimes and apologize would help to heal - for the sake of humanity (if you know what that's mean); and then, pay for the damages the victimes suffered of because of it, like all the raped woman by french soldiers who had later on to live isolated from their community to rase their illegitimate kids.

[@makisxatzimixas2372]

@@Lily-Roses do the colonized countries do the same towards the people they colonized in the past? Colonialism is taught in schools, and that is Europe's acknowledgment of the past. Moreover Europeans are never taught about the good deeds that happened because of colonialism. I agree about the rapes, though, but the problem with diplomacy is thst the moment you admit it, it will make relations worse for both parts.

[@makisxatzimixas2372]

@@Lily-Roses also, I'm not French.

[@francistherrien]

France certainly has a lot of baggage in terms of colonialism history, but that doesn't justify the obvious and grotesque generalization that France is, somehow, generaly (more) racist. Also, there is indeed valid criticisms to be made about the american-centric view that is prevalent among the anglosphere and yes, there is a "woke" component to it that comes from US universities, plaguing public discourse. There are countries in the world that actually, and rightly so, put collective rights before individual rights. In many countries, including Canada, individual rights charters are more often than not used to promote neo-liberal and religious conservative agendas and not looking through the exact same prism americans do doesn't make any other nations more "racist".

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

France is more racist than the U.S. Cry more.

[@jbak87]

Maybe not institutionally, but attitudinally, it's probably safe to say that a great many white French people look down on people of colour.

[@yenko5196]

@@jbak87 I never met one in my life…

[@tibsky1396]

@@IkeOkerekeNews Because you are perhaps a model of virtue?

[@Kaiyanwang82]

@@jbak87 Less beheading and exploding goes a long way. Try it.

[@ermin2248]

France for French

[@maxheedrum100]

No one truly cares!

[@khadijaougali3382]

If France is for French why did it colonize half the world?

[@TechnoForever21]

@@khadijaougali3382 cause they could, as simple as that. Romans and Persians did the same 2500 years prior...

[@ermin2248]

@Don Andretti yes, Africa belongs to Africans

[@ermin2248]

@fares zekoura I'm not French and I haven't kill anyone

[@-AytaL-]

When is muslim apology for Spain invasion?

[@nexusofice9135]

This is cherry picking propaganda. That and it's just incorrect on many details.

[@chrisavii9835]

I'm Haitian, and this is nothing but facts! France is very racist, and still refuses to talk about all the damage they did to Haiti, Africa, and more

[@neozeon2567]

They like to changed the subject by mentioning the US

[@arnaudgauthier9888]

For us haiti in our history is nothing , i know this harsh to say but during the same period a lot of thing happen in europe too.

[@chrisavii9835]

@@neozeon2567 exactly, I know the US isn’t perfect, but I think france is worse. My best friend lives in France, she’s Algerian and she faced so much racism bc she’s Algerian and Muslim, it’s so sad

[@gordonchilde2679]

And what about papa Duvalier ? plus Talk for u not for African pls

[@zia3615]

@@chrisavii9835 She should leave for a non racist country :)

[@samcs1453]

Finally, someone shed light on European racism. Not always American.

[@lemurforlife]

@@mikhael636 So should the French choose to ignore the bloody racist history of Africans under French colonial rule. Look what happened in Algeria, the brutal treatment of Kheira Gharne and so many others. This isn't an American issue this is worldwide, the sooner people recognize it the sooner the we can stop the cancer of racism. Atoning for the past is not a bad thing, it leads to healing and better peace between countries and people.

[@macpeepeepoopoo7567]

If you don’t like Europe then Leave, I don’t see you people Complaining about Anti White Racism in South Africa You’re the real Racists

[@tonythomas6690]

@@macpeepeepoopoo7567 be happy was Nelson Mandela was such a generous man if not sorry for today you shall reap whatever you sow

[@user-oo6vr1ky5f]

@@macpeepeepoopoo7567 tell France to leave Africa then. Can’t have it both ways

[@coquelicotrouge2631]

@@mikhael636 you sound so dumb using the example of josephine baker to erase centuries of oppression.

[@CissyEpifany]

Morocco was never colonised by France. We were a protectorate. Huge difference!

[@qanh96]

Europeans makes fun of America for talking so much so about race, but that's the idea: you can't address racism without talking about race. French and British are way behind on this.

[@toyotaprius79]

We make fun of americans, surely, FOR FAR WORSE than talking about race, which I agree to you is the key at the begining of it all; we make critique and fun of Americans rushing to be first and weaponising of characters of dead men, weaponising literally everything, because Yanks love their weapons and liberty to offence so much. Talking about the problems of race, human dignity and equality in America's history has a legacy of being violently repressed for at least 150 years.

[@qanh96]

@@toyotaprius79 "human dignity and equality in America's history has a legacy of being violently repressed for at least 150 years". So do many European countries that involved themselves in slavery throughout history.

[@gwailou5]

Unfortunately all of the Western World is racist. Who found America? English colonists

[@cherriepie]

Complete myth - "can't address racism without talking about race." How about you actually look up the basis for what you're saying before you say it? George Floyd's death sparked numerous race protests in the UK (where I'm from), statues of famous figures who endorsed slavery were torn down, the history of Winston Churchill and his views on race came under fire. There was a proposal to have a "race offence register" for people who commit race-related crimes. Just today, March 2021, the UK government has discouraged using the acronyn BAME (Black Asian Minority Ethnics). Sorry but this notion that Europe doesn't talk about race is absolutely false.

[@qanh96]

@@cherriepie No sh*t George Floyd's death managed to spark conversations on race around the world. The problem is not about France and UK not having any, but about how late the race talks take to become prominent. Being able to talk about race in 2020 is not an achievement. It's the bare minimum.