historically French and Algerians did not get along
Then why do they want to immigrate to France if the French don't like them? Seems to me they should be trying to get into a country that's not instantly hostile towards them.
historically French and Algerians did not get along
"Racist by nature?" Ancient Romans were fine with black people, Islam is pretty trans-racial. People do fear the odd and different, but the sort of hard-core skin-color or eyeball-shape racism of 19th century Europe was a result of a specific development of racial heirarchies arising from large-scale conquest in the Americas and the African slave-trade, exacerbated by the development of ethnic nationalism and "scientific" racism. The problem was that nineteenth and early 20th century Europeans were _more_ racist than they were in earlier periods or would be later, (which is a HUGE problem,) not that humans are inherently racist.
Ethnic nationalism didn't exist in Algeria yet, but yes, it definitely was becoming more important in France by that time...
Bruce
Economic oppotunities or at least the perception of such, their own country is poor enough that they are willing to take abuse if it means bettering themselvesThen why do they want to immigrate to France if the French don't like them? Seems to me they should be trying to get into a country that's not instantly hostile towards them.
Economic oppotunities or at least the perception of such, their own country is poor enough that they are willing to take abuse if it means bettering themselves
Voltaire was nationalistic and anti-religious, described Mohammed as a "camel merchant" who "dared raising insurrection against his nation", and was also racist at least against blacks, so probably not too well But would be an interesting experient though, putting social theorists in charge of a colony
He particularlly liked the Qing government as a model of enligthened depotismHe was anti-religious in general, and Algerians aren't blacks: he had a fair amount of respect for Asian nations, as far as I know.
Except even today there is strong feelings about the Arabism of Islam. The Roman empire is an -exception- rather than rule in their racial feelings. Most "tolerant" empires did not lack racism but rather modern ethnical nationalism. Humans are evolutionarily bred to racist as a protective mechanism. You are incredibly naive in thinking that racism is something unique to the last couple of centuries.
And ummm, ethnic nationalism was not -becoming- in France by that time, it -became- back in 1789
Hmm. One wonders how well Governor Voltaire of Enlightenment French Algeria would have done...
Bruce
Except even today there is strong feelings about the Arabism of Islam. The Roman empire is an -exception- rather than rule in their racial feelings. Most "tolerant" empires did not lack racism but rather modern ethnical nationalism. Humans are evolutionarily bred to racist as a protective mechanism. You are incredibly naive in thinking that racism is something unique to the last couple of centuries. And ummm, ethnic nationalism was not -becoming- in France by that time, it -became- back in 1789 Economic oppotunities or at least the perception of such, their own country is poor enough that they are willing to take abuse if it means bettering themselves
Actually, he would have fared very poorly since France conquered Algeria fifty years after his death.
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