The election in France this weekend is shaping up to be a real Bush/Gore-style cliffhanger and with the same kind of major long-term consequences. Look around the cities of France today and you see a country that is multicolored, multicultural and increasingly Muslim, full of African and Asian and Middle Eastern spice and style. Music and art is exploding in a way France hasn’t experienced in decades. But the official language of the multiculturalism behind the new French culture is stilted, corked, repressed— and so erupting from people like presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy in uncontrolled racist bursts.
Reading the papers, listening to the news, you find yourself increasingly confused. I have found myself seeking out other Americans just to be reassured of the basics. I hear myself saying things like: “Hey, man, did I see that right? Wasn’t that yet another bunch of white cops sticking it to yet another black guy? Shit’s fucked up! Isn’t it?”
Read more on the French elections and race here.
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