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Paris. Former US President Barack Obama has chosen to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela to extol the benefits of diversity by illustrating the success of the World Cup in France
. make their multi-racial blend "Black-White-Beur" (black-white-arabic) and, again, the multicultural heritage of the Blues did not go unnoticed with their second triumph, this time in Russia.
Obama noted in Johannesburg that the adoption of diversity "brings practical benefits since it ensures that a society can take advantage of the energy and skills of all. people. "
" And if you doubt it, ask the French football team I won the World Cup – because all these people do not look like me, they are French, they are French. "
France 's victory over Croatia was the culmination of a campaign that saw coach Didier Deschamps 20 years ago, draw on a phalanx of gamers. Af Of the 23 players in the French team, 14 are of Arab or African descent, including two of their last scorers – Paul Pogba's parents are from Guinea, while Kylian Mbappe's parents are Cameroonians and
After the 4-2 win over France, ex-Croatian star and coach Igor Stimac caused a storm with a post now deleted on Facebook asking: "Who exactly are we playing against in the final ", referring to players of African descent in the
He then told the Turkish news agency Anadolu that" we are facing the French Republic and the African continent ", so 11 opponents came from a continent of about a billion people has when "we are four million". [19659002] The day after the last Italian daily Corriere della Sera said: "France (is) full of African champions mixed with very good white players" who had beaten "a team of whites only (from) the crossroads of three football schools – th German, Slavic and Italian. "
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hailed a" victory for Africa "and demanded the end of" racism towards the African peoples in Europe. "
In Africa itself, some observers have called France" Sixth African Team "at the World Cup
An editorial published Tuesday by the pro-government Gabonese daily L'Union has noted that "all of Francophone Africa celebrated the victory of the Blues as if it were his in that the red, the white and blue team owes it to his players of African descent. [19659002] "It's true that they contributed but it would be to forget that these boys who are products of diversity are above all French. "
Twenty years after France" The mentalities have evolved and, in spite of the difficulties which persist, the process of rooting populations of "Immigrant background continues," says a number of politicians. Yvan Gastaut, a specialist on the links between immigration and sport at the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis
– Values of the Republic –
He congratulated the French football authorities for helping the process by highlighting the values of the republic. More than integration, it's the concept of fraternity, which is at the heart of the republican motto, which stands out from this team, "he concludes.
Benjamin Mendy, a member of a French team of Senegalese origin, rejected seeing a tweet with the flags of the original countries next to the names of players with African roots, he replaced by French flags by adding the word "fixed".
His compatriot, basketball star Nicolas Batum, commented his share on social media that "yes, I have a father and a Cameroonian name but here we are all fighting and we are playing for France as we are born here and grew up here, we learned to play our sport in France and are proud to have French nationality.We win for France, for young people who look at us and who aspire to be like us and to brandish the French colors
"Let's be proud of that … Long live the Republic and long live France!"
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