Monday, April 11, 2005

France - natives go Native

A new law finally recognizes the rights of those loyalist Algerians who supported France in the war but have felt like second class citizens ever since. There are also some unexpected history lessons involved. One of the new provisions states that school text books must stress the positive aspects of French colonialism. Perhaps the Japanese can offer some advice. For the second, French born, generation it's a bitter legacy that this law will do little to resolve more from the IHT...

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