The Haroun Bouazzi drama
CBC’s Antoni Nerestant has a clear summary of the Haroun Bouazzi racism charge and its fallout, which I’d passed over for the blog initially, but which I think has to be noticed. Toula Drimonis also writes about the incident on CultMTL and what it reveals about Quebec’s feelings about its unexamined attitudes.
Lucie 14:26 on 2024-11-22 Permalink
I absolutely agree that it’s difficult to talk about racism. My friend’s brother (black) has 2 cars but he only uses the old one otherwise he is stopped by police almost every week. However, why do you say in Quebec !? It’s everywhere! That’s typical of CBC…
jeather 15:29 on 2024-11-22 Permalink
Because this is about a provincial politician, talking about provincial politics, in the provincial Assembly, being chastised by other provincial politicians and local journalists, not about racism in general.
GC 16:49 on 2024-11-22 Permalink
I appreciate that she called out the hypocrisy of Jolin-Barette calling someone else “divisive”.
SMD 17:07 on 2024-11-22 Permalink
As Patrick Déry points out in Le Devoir today, Haroun wasn’t wrong.
MarcG 18:02 on 2024-11-22 Permalink
Drimonis’s writing has improved. I read an article of hers a few years ago and found it amateurish so I stopped clicking those links but decided to give her another chance and am glad I did.
Typical how these nationalists can’t take a little justified criticism and run immediately to “apologize and shut up” – straight out of the abuser playbook.
GC 19:14 on 2024-11-22 Permalink
Don’t forget the “he insults all Quebecers” old chestnut. Any contrary opinion is automatically “Quebec bashing”.