The French Cohesion

Jean-Louis Borloo said that

"officials need to react firmly to the unrest but that France also must acknowledge its failure to deal with decades of simmering anger in the impoverished suburbs of Paris" and that "We cannot hide the truth: that for 30 years we have not done enough."

I won't post much on this now (you can read more here), but once again, I will refer you to a speech given on October 4, 1963.

The goal of the equality of man which we seek is the antithesis of the exploitation of one people by another … this evil is to be shunned where it does not exist and crushed where it does … This very struggle is a struggle to establish peace, and until victory is assured … That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion.

How close are we to fulfilling his statements?

posted by Lazarus, 6:37 PM