Ganapathy
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sétif_and_Guelma_massacre
I am not justifying the recent attacks in Nice in any way, shape, or form. However, the French government is nothing but hypocritical here.
In 1945, white French colonists in Algeria murdered between 1,200 and 45,000 Muslim Algerians of color. Even up to this day, there has been only one halfhearted apology from the French government. This massacre is glossed over schools. There is not a national day of mourning or repentance. It's almost as if the. Lives of thousands of people of color meant nothing at all.
Now, whenever there is a terrorist attack against white Frenchmen, the government goes ape crazy. There are moments of silence, singing of the national anthem, calls for war, racist screeds by do nazis like Marine Le Pen to commit genocide against people of color. The entire western world, too expresses their sympathies to France. Where were those condolences to the families of 45,000 Algerians killed by white French Christians?
A cartoon by the Pulitzer award winning Pat Bagley sums up this phenomenon:
Bagley Cartoon: Some Lives Matter More | The Salt Lake Tribune
I know that the topic of this cartoon is about the Brussels attacks, but the message is the same for these current attacks in Nice.
I am not justifying the recent attacks in Nice in any way, shape, or form. However, the French government is nothing but hypocritical here.
In 1945, white French colonists in Algeria murdered between 1,200 and 45,000 Muslim Algerians of color. Even up to this day, there has been only one halfhearted apology from the French government. This massacre is glossed over schools. There is not a national day of mourning or repentance. It's almost as if the. Lives of thousands of people of color meant nothing at all.
Now, whenever there is a terrorist attack against white Frenchmen, the government goes ape crazy. There are moments of silence, singing of the national anthem, calls for war, racist screeds by do nazis like Marine Le Pen to commit genocide against people of color. The entire western world, too expresses their sympathies to France. Where were those condolences to the families of 45,000 Algerians killed by white French Christians?
A cartoon by the Pulitzer award winning Pat Bagley sums up this phenomenon:
Bagley Cartoon: Some Lives Matter More | The Salt Lake Tribune
I know that the topic of this cartoon is about the Brussels attacks, but the message is the same for these current attacks in Nice.