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Spat between French West Indies and mainland France

 

The government of France has decreed that textbooks used in French schools will portray "colonialism" in a positive light. The governments in the French West Indies are not taking that spin kindly, as many of the citizens view colonialism through the lens of slavery. This Jamaica Observer article reports on a trip by France's interior minister and possible candidate for President of France to mend fences in Guadeloupe and Martinique. The article is dated March 11, 2006, and ties in the requirement to say nice things about Frannce's colonial period with protests by disaffected minorities.


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