Edouard Philippe judges it “very possible that there is a new form of anti-White racism” in France

Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe believes “well possible” that there is a new racism “anti-whites” in France, in an interview published Sunday December 10 by The Sunday Journal. The president of the Horizons party is questioned about the tragedy in Crépol, in Drôme, during which young Thomas was stabbed to death after a village festival and the exact circumstances of which remain to be clarified. by the courts which did not accept a racist motive.

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“I do not want to comment on the current legal proceedings. I have no information allowing me to do so, other than what I have read in the newspapers”says Edouard Philippe in this interview. “When it comes to racism, as Péguy said, ‘you have to say what you see, but above all you have to see what you see’. Of course, there is racism in France. And it is quite possible that there is a new form of anti-White racism, just as there is an old form of anti-Black, anti-Arab or anti-Jewish racism”, he continues.

The existence of a “anti-white” racism is, however, the subject of debate in France. If the courts have recognized cases of racist insults for words spoken towards white people, opinion studies and the work of sociologists show that there is a real difference between these insults and the experience of non-white people. white in France. “White people do not encounter disadvantages because of their color in orientations at school, access to employment, housing, health or in relations with institutions”explained the demographer and sociologist Patrick Simon to franceinfo.