Russian Reactions to Grenoble

How did the Russian press view the rioting in Grenoble? With more honesty than much of the French press. And with no compunctions about calling the incidents by their true name - race riots. The following is an abridged version of an article posted at Suite 101. There is a warning that the article cannot be reproduced without permission from the author - Dimitri Vivodtzev, hence my decision to abridge:

Echo of Moscow is often considered in France to be the last free radio of Russia. But if France Info or Radio Monte-Carlo had published an article such as the one posted at the Echo website on July 19, they would have certainly received dozens of letters accusing them of being of the extreme-right.

The title alone would have created a furor:

"In the south-east of France, confrontations go on between African nationals and the local police."

Further down in the article:

" (...) Somebody is supposed to have heard the colored Frenchmen shout: 'down with the whites', but officially, the authorities do not use the term 'ethnic confrontations' to describe what happened."

Another Russian source, rbc.ru, wrote on July 18:

"In France, African nationals are again burning cars and shops." Then it speaks of "pogroms organized by gangs of immigrants." (...)

And on July 19, the famous Pravda published the following:

"The French suburbs are once again in flames. (...) The confrontations that took place recently between police and African and Middle Eastern nationals again remind the world of the problems linked to immigrants, who represent as much as 15% of the French population."

Pravda even analysed the "question of the suburbs":

"The events taking place this very moment in Grenoble show that the problem is not yet solved. And those who rule France are not to be envied. For if they increase the welfare subsidies of these immigrants who do not really want to work, that will mean a heavy burden for the taxpayer and would lead to a lowering in the quality of life for the majority of Frenchmen. And then, those who do work would be discontented. But if the rioters were to be severely punished, they would react with more and more acts of rebellion."

Even other websites more neutral in their position chose their language carefully:

"The confrontations between the police and the ethnic groups..." (regnum.ru)

"Confrontations between the police and immigrants are going on in Grenoble..." (gazeta.ru)

"Criminal ethnic groups" is even used by a Muslim website in Azerbaidjan (news.day.az)

The article closes with the observation that political correctness does not exist in Russia, a social reality that has led to conflicts with "human rights" advocates.

In this case, I'm definitely on Russia's side. Many French nationalists and sovereigntists, in particular those disenchanted with the United States, are looking to Russia as a kind of "big brother" ally. They are convinced that the Soviet past is dead, and that the future of France lies with the Russia that has been re-born, complete with its religion and its sense of national pride. How valid this position is I cannot say, but when you read an article like this one, you realize there may be some merit in it.

H/T - Yves Daoudal

In America, we do, however, have some among us who are not afraid of the truth.

Jared Taylor is a writer known primarily for his unabashedly realistic views on race. He is the editor of American Renaissance, and the author of numerous books and articles on race relations. Not surprisingly, he is hated by many and often accused of being a racist. In a recent interview he explains his positions with confidence and clarity. Here is just one excerpt:

- Describe the current state of race relations in America.

- JT: Race is, and always will be, a serious social fault line in this country. Relative peace is maintained because whites tolerate “affirmative action” and massive non-white immigration. They do this because they are browbeaten and bamboozled into thinking it is wrong for whites to act in their own interests. This will not always be the case, and race relations will get worse as more and more whites begin to resist dispossession.

- What are your thoughts about people who say, "race doesn't matter?"

- JT: They are fools. Race obviously matters. Ninety percent of the churches in the United States are at least 80 percent one race. Is that an accident? Residential segregation is not much different from patterns in the 1950s. Why is that? The NAACP, the Urban League, the Congressional Black Congress, the National Council of La Raza, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), and literally thousands of other groups and associations are based deliberately and specifically on race. Try telling their members race doesn’t matter.

It is almost exclusively white people who say race doesn’t matter, and this is because they are the only people who are required at least to pretend that it doesn’t matter. This, in turn, is because they are not allowed to have explicit racial interests of their own, and must deliberately close their eyes to the racial chauvinism of others lest they acknowledge this anti-white double standard.

Those interested can read the whole interview here.

H/T: VFR

The painting below is by Russian artist Isaak Levitan, known for his landscapes. View more at the Russian Art Gallery.