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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
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