I always thought France was more socially advanced than
the U.S. During the 60's, Women would go topless to support newfound
liberation, and that movement became a fashion trend that only started to
decline in 2009. Even though America has nude beaches, France did it first.
A few days ago, France was again the topic of every news
station. Unfortunately, it wasn’t because of their innovation and determination
as a nation tenacious. A picture on MSNBC displayed three police officers
forcing a woman to shed her burkini. The image is a much different canvas than
the one portrayed in the 20th century. This photo sent cold shivers
down my back, and my mind flashed to a much different time in a
not-so-different country: the 60’s. Racism, police brutality, and another type
of movement were the children of hardship that protested America’s change for
an equal nation.
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Photo Credit: Vantage News/CNN
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Photo Credit: Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
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Burkini bathing suits are the opposite fashion wear of
bikini-buyers. The suit literally covers a woman's entire body, and it's to
protect their modesty derived from Islam. This shouldn't be a problem, but
because of several ISIS attacks, concocted by radical Muslims, France is now governing out of fear. It's understandable,
but that doesn’t make it credible.
America has done this too, and because of her fear, she
decided to create internment camps for Japanese-Americans, bred and nurtured
racism and sexism, and let George W. Bush lead American soldiers to die in
pointless wars. The U.S. learned from those mistakes, and those three did
create positive change, but upward mobility doesn’t always have to be at the
graves of human lives.
Hopefully, France won’t have to suffer inevitable
consequences like the U.S. Maybe positive change, too, can come from
unnecessary, targeted persecution. However, there’s a reason why FDR believed
that fear was the only fear, because if it does drive the bus, then all
passengers are at high risk for injury or death. Franklin would know; The Great
Depression took thousands of lives, starved women and children, and devoured
American wealth. If anybody had advice on how to deal with the perils of fear,
he did.
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