As promised earlier, presented below is the ‘Manifesto for True Equality’ which is now making the rounds in France and was triggered by the election of President-elect Obama. The Manifesto has the active backing of French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who penned this article, ‘We Must Help Our Elites Embrace Change’, which WORLDMEETS.US posted earlier in the day.
“The election of Barack Obama exposes, through cruel contrast, the shortcomings of the French Republic and the gap that separates us from a country whose citizens were able to overcome the race issue and elect as president a man who happens to be Black. America has confirmed the validity of a democratic model based on equality and diversity.”
By Yazid Sabeg
Translated By Kate Davis
November 8, 2008
France – Le Journal du Dimanche au Quotidien – Original Article (French)
The election of Barack Obama exposes, through cruel contrast, the shortcomings of the French Republic and the gap that separates us from a country whose citizens were able to overcome the race issue and elect as president a man who happens to be Black. America has confirmed the validity of a democratic model based on equality and diversity.
What a lesson! We French, who claim our universalism to be a part of this diversity, must listen to this. By neglecting its own diversity, France has disappointed a large segment of its young people and prevented them from being proud of their country. We feel the tension of identity everywhere, from whistling during the playing of La Marseillaise [the French national anthem] to calls for public order that are in vain and misunderstood.
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