HARO ON "NON-MIXED RACISE" MEETINGS

A position that divides. The candidate of the socialists and the radicals for the presidency of the Ile-de-France region, Audrey Pulvar, has drawn the wrath of the right and the far right for having declared, during an interview broadcast on BFMTV on Saturday 27 March, that the "single-sex" meetings between people affected by racism did not "shock her deeply", and that it should be possible to ask white people who wished to attend "to be silent".

“If it turns out that a white woman, a white man comes to this workshop [for black and mestizo people], there is no question of throwing her away. On the other hand, we can ask him to be silent, to be a silent spectator. "

Audrey Pulvar, PS candidate for regional in Ile-de-France

Strong reactions

His comment aroused the ire of some elected officials, especially on the right.

“In my region, no inhabitant should be discriminated against for the color of their skin. There is no such thing as 'acceptable' racism ”, reacted on Twitter the current president of the Ile-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse.

“The whites must be silent. Audrey's shocking and shameful sentence #Pulvar. She must apologize to the Republic ”first commented the vice-president of the region Geoffroy Didier on the social network.

MP LR, relaying a video published by another vice-president of the region, member of the majority of Valérie Pécresse, Patrick Karam, launched hostilities. It is thus several figures of the right-wing majority in the region who have stepped up to denounce the remarks of the member of the majority of Anne Hidalgo in Paris.

On the far right, too, the reaction was almost immediate. The president of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, even called for the intervention of justice against the elected. “The prosecution must bring charges for incitement to racial discrimination against Ms. Pulvar. We must put an end to this racist escalation on the part of a part of the extreme left which is freed from all legal, moral and republican rules ”she commented on Twitter.

Support left

Another reaction from the LREM deputy, Laetitia Avia. "You can ask a white woman or a white man to be silent." NO. The fight against racism does not pass through exclusion and discrimination, but through dialogue, which is the best weapon against prejudice, ”reacted the Parisian parliamentarian.

The boss of LREM deputies, Christophe Castaner, wanted to be more nuanced :

while recognizing words "at least clumsy", this historical macronist and former PS refused to "contribute to the hunt against it" and recalled that "this type of meetings are sometimes necessary to free a voice for a group that feels victim ”.

Support from Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the other hand, who had already refuted the controversy over the Unef a few days ago.

“Audrey Pulvar is not racist ! "

She just understood what a support group is.

Those who pounce on it, on the other hand, cannot hide their sexist and discriminating inclination. Public debate is collapsing.