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Is Macron really that liberal after all?

Macron was torn apart on Twitter and Facebook for his rough racism

News Desk July 14, 2017

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Emmanuel Macron received ample thrashing from social media after he suggested that poor African women have too many babies. The French president used a press conference at the G20 summit in Hamburg to say that wanton reproduction often made foreign aid pointless.

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"Seven or eight children per woman," were Macron’s exact words. He made matters worse by saying that civilisational problems sprout from escalating birthrate.

Macron was torn apart on Twitter and Facebook for his rough racism, but there was silence from the French government.

French president Macron is being accused of racism for his recent G20 remarks. pic.twitter.com/88ckSFEg3W
— AJ+ (@ajplus) July 12, 2017

Macron was initially hailed as a progressive in the recent elections. But this isn't the first time the French leader has been accused of racism. He made a joke about the people from Comoros when he saw kwassa-kwassa boats saying, "But the kwassa-kwassa brings tittle fish it brings some Comorian."

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The choice of his words suggested that he is referring to Comorians and objects and not people. Many Comorians have died trying to reach French territories by boat.

No surprise Macron would say racist things. Racism as embedded among the white liberals u ❤️ as it is among white conservatives that 💔 u.
— Mosharraf Zaidi (@mosharrafzaidi) July 11, 2017

https://twitter.com/JournoStephen/status/884737986977562627

Watched "I Am Not Your Negro" in Paris this week, was reminded of liberal France's amnesia when it comes to racism. https://t.co/b2W14FLzkH
— Ben Carrington (@BenHCarrington) July 12, 2017

COMMENTS (2)

Kolsat | 7 years ago | Reply I do not think Macron say untruth about African women. All we have to do is open our eyes and see around us. The liberal left should come and live in the real world. It is not the fault of France that their erstwhile colonies are poor. They are poor because their current and past leaders have ripped the their nations of billions of dollars.

Um Ahmad | 7 years ago | Reply Perhaps if the French hadn't subjugated do many all over Africa, and still refuse to allow them true independence, like Tunisia, they would surpass the French. Oh yeah, no one is allowed to surpass any western country.

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