I'm not very diligent these days on the blog, but I promise that I have very good reasons due to project characters that take a long time, even if only mentally ...
Without knowing then that 2008 would be a year for me more than satisfied, I promised to relay the proposed new Benka Future Climate ... commitment that so far I have very little respect, and I regret it, so here's a quick news flash.
Benka has now come many countries - the map of the journey is visible here - and conducted numerous meetings. A film came out, including the trailer here:
I discovered the blog this week Anna, I hasten to add in my blogroll. In a very interesting exchange, Annick me a comment on the collective consciousness that I find fascinating because it introduces a new line of thought on this blog. So I decided to make a ticket this comment: Happy reading!
(...) studies on collective memory have been conducted and it turns out that it obeys rhythms (not fully explained elsewhere)
A scholar Maurice Halbwachs (* ) devoted his work almost entirely to the study of the collective conscience as individuals, human societies experiencing shock and react by removing the depths of their memory of destructive events. The collective consciousness is then, slowly, to tame the horror. Only after a long period of maturation that communication, then the analysis will be possible.
Elie Wiesel in his book "All the rivers run into the sea" and in his speech in 2006 (International Festival of Literature in Mantua) analyzes the mysterious meanderings: the survivors of the Holocaust have long refused to speak and were hardly questioned either.
"Mankind" by Robert Anthelme , testimony of the concentration camps, wrote in 1947, was little read and quickly fell into oblivion. Yet At the time nobody could ignore the extermination of over 6 million people. But the Holocaust was forgotten for more than two generations, streaming into the universal consciousness.
Raul Hilberg is one of the greatest historian of the Holocaust. In 1961, his work "the destruction of European Jews" had virtually no response. In 1985, the reissue of his work known, however, a considerable response.
"We are witnessing the emergence of a another buried memory, that of formerly colonized peoples of the Southern Hemisphere. 'I live a long silence, I live in a hopeless thirst written Aime Cesaire. As Jewish memory, that of former colonial peoples have experienced a long silence, followed by a rude awakening. "(Jean Ziegler )
I draw attention to the fact that child slaves there are hundreds of thousands in Nigeria. With our complicity, of course ... (that of the Banque de France, Shell, to name a few.)
(*) died Buchenwald shortly before the liberation of the camps in 1945.
I heard this morning's editorial on Europe1 Askolovitch Claude. Topic: "Racial discrimination in France ... not an issue price to pay"
This intervention is interesting because it is a new realization of the non-event-character of this type of news. Policies are quiet, the public is not moved to such a case, at least without any comparison with the outcry reacting to "whistling the Marseillaise ... Another example of institutional racism still kept warm.
I give you the audio recording that I made and the written transcript as posted on the site of Europe.
Marc-Olivier Fogiel: The editorial policy of Europe 1. Claude Askolovitch hello ... the company of hostesses who had organized an ethnic filing of its employees was convicted yesterday of racial discrimination ... But the fine is ridiculously low!
Askolovitch Claude: Yes Marc-Olivier ... We now know the price discrimination for the French justice ... or in any case to the court of Nanterre: 20,000 euro fine, of which 15,000 suspended! Daytona-c 'is the name of the company sentenced - ranked hostesses and commercial according to their origins ... it undertook to provide hostesses "pure white" I quote ... or "100% French" when his clients asked him ... On arrival, 20,000 less than 15,000, it is 5000 euros net fine! This is not a price to pay! It is even an invitation to start! If you want a comparison, the United States, the discrimination suit in the millions of dollars ... Last year two delivery drivers of Lebanese descent had received 60 million dollars, because they were treated as terrorists ... by their supervisor! In 2005, a large catering company, Sodexo, managed to avoid litigation by offering $ 80 million to black employees who suffered discrimination ... and at the time, commentators have found that Sodexo was doing well! They laugh sometimes of American justice! But there, racism is worth its weight in dollars. In France, if we look to the courts, racism is not a problem!
Marc-Olivier Fogiel: Why this indifference?
Claude Askolovitch: Because that there is no political will to fight brutally discrimination. Most trials come from the work of one man ... His name is Samuel Thomas, he is vice-president of SOS-Racism ... and it is very lonely in a country that is not the war on racism! He awaits trial for years, an exemplary punishment! But in France, we are in a culture of arrangement ... It was explained to employers that it is wrong to discriminate, we do charters for diversity! And there are always excuses ... In the case of Daytona, the court held that the company was less culpable because it was content to follow requirements of its customers racist!
Marc-Olivier Fogiel: So it should have been prosecuting clients ...
Claude Askolovitch: The problem is that does not always! Last year, there is an exception ... The company Garnier and the temporary employment agency Adecco have been condemned all discrimination ... ca cost them 30,000 euros fine, again, it was not fatal! Garnier launched a hair product, and a subsidiary of Adecco had provided hostesses BBR: Blue Red White ... is the code name for that white, French comforts of home! Everyone knows what code ... and counting! A final element now ... Marc-Olivier ... and you will have the full extent of the problem ... The case Garnier / Adecco was born in 2000, it was found in 2007 and the case was tried Daytona yesterday in Nanterre, dating back to 2002! Justice is slow in France ... we know. But when it comes to racial discrimination, it is very slow! And officials are too often silent ... When the Marseillaise was booed by provocateurs at Stade de France ... are promised for prompt and exemplary punishment ... But when young people are flagged according to their origins, there is less of a scandal ... Yet between files BBR ... and whistled the Marseillaise, there must be a relation of cause and effect?
A scholar Maurice Halbwachs 
"Mankind" by Robert Anthelme 
"We are witnessing the emergence of a another buried memory, that of formerly colonized peoples of the Southern Hemisphere. 'I live a long silence, I live in a hopeless thirst written 
I heard this morning's editorial on Europe1 Askolovitch Claude. Topic: 
Daytona-c 'is the name of the company sentenced - ranked hostesses and commercial according to their origins ... it undertook to provide hostesses "pure white" I quote ... or "100% French" when his clients asked him ... On arrival, 20,000 less than 15,000, it is 5000 euros net fine! This is not a price to pay! It is even an invitation to start! If you want a comparison, the United States, the discrimination suit in the millions of dollars ... 