Several left-wing elected officials rose up on Wednesday against ethnic discrimination at the entrance to private beaches on the Côte d’Azur, observed during an SOS-Racisme operation. In a video published by the Loopsider site, North African and black couples are denied access to two private beaches.
“Unbearable”, “structural racism in our society”: several left-wing elected officials rose up on Wednesday against ethnic discrimination at the entrance to private beaches on the Côte d’Azur, observed during an operation by SOS-Racisme . In a video released the day before by the online media Loopsider, which filmed this operation with a hidden camera, North African and black couples are denied access to two private beaches in Juan-les-Pins in the Alpes-Maritimes because they would be, according to the employees, complete. But a white couple who shows up next is accepted either way.
Insupportable. https://t.co/DtABDkkZAT
—Manuel Bompard (@mbompard) August 9, 2022
A racism “that some still persist in denying”
“Unbearable”, tweeted the deputy of La France insoumise and campaign director of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Manuel Bompard, joined by LFI deputy Bastien Lachaud: “There is the unbearable reality of racism and discrimination. And there is the fact that we still have to provide proof of this structural racism today. in our society, which some still insist on denying”. Socialist Senator Rachid Temal was also indignant: “Ordinary racism in 2022 in France. We must strengthen the tools for control, monitoring and sanctions”.
#racism ordinary in 2022 in #France
Control and monitoring tools and sanctions must be strengthened. #NoRacism#beach#holidays@Loopsidernews@SOS_Racismhttps://t.co/VxQ4SOT8sE
— Rachid Temal (@RachidTemal) August 9, 2022
“Justice must follow suit and heavily punish”, added the boss of EELV Julien Bayou. SOS-Racisme has indicated its intention to file a complaint against the two establishments in question. “Racism is very present at all times for a large number of citizens without there being a political and public response to the height to combat and sanction these racist behaviors and attitudes”, also deplored the spokespersons of ‘EELV Chloé Sagaspe and Alain Coulombel in a press release. “Now is the time for strong and profound decisions,” they insisted.