Outrage as far-right French magazine cartoons black MP as slave

August 30, 2020 By La rédaction de Mediapart

French far-right weekly Valeurs Actuelles published a cartoon depicting black radical-left Member of Parliament Danièle Obono as a slave with a chain around her neck, prompting widespread outrage across the political spectrum at the vile racist jibe.

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A French magazine apologized Saturday after portraying a Black lawmaker as a slave, as France's government and officials across the political spectrum decried the publication, repots The New York Times.

Outrage as far-right French magazine cartoons black MP as slave

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