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In reply to the discussion: 'Islam no longer religion of peace' Muslim Charlie Hebdo journalist hits out at extremists [View all]guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)And while I understand the author's point, a very well expressed point, it seems to me that the same point could have been expressed in another way. If, speaking here of the "touchez-pas" cartoon, the women had been white European looking women, the same point about cutting social welfare spending could have been made while also speaking to the generalization that "only" non-Europeans get welfare.
Again, this is my personal view, but far too many CH cartoons traffic in the images of blacks, Muslims, and Jews that do play to the far right stereotypes. And the context that I referred to also includes governmental actions that are specifically directed against Muslims. One example was the "regulation prohibiting the veil at the beach" controversy.
This context assumes also that all viewers share the same advantages. It is far easier for a French citizen who "looks French" and has a French name to laugh at things that do not directly affect her/him. But citizens with Muslim names, citizens who are treated differently, citizens who live in slums and have far less access to jobs are far less likely to see the humor in stereotypes.
And this context also ignores the fact that supposed French tolerance for dissent has limits. It does not extend to mocking the tricouleur or doubting the Holocaust. So the weapon of satire cannot be aimed at everything.