In Brittany, the front page of a local magazine provokes a series of racist comments

It doesn’t take much to wake up the racists who never sleep in France. For its first issue of 2024, The Breton peoplea local monthly magazine, has chosen to put on the cover an image taken ten years ago, which represents a boy dressed in a traditional Breton jacket, flag in hand.

Thereby, Gaël Briandeditor-in-chief of the magazine and regional councilor of the Breton Democratic Union (UDB), proudly published this front page on his Facebook account on Wednesday 3 January.

Hundreds of racist comments against the boy

But in the hours that followed, hundreds The racist comments spilled over onto social networks, particularly X (formerly Twitter). Because the child in question is of mixed race. And for many internet users, especially those on the far right, this little boy would not have white enough skin to be Breton and represent the region.

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“ Being Breton has never been a vaccine against bullshit. », Gaël Briand then reacted in a post on Facebook. “ Being Breton is not a question of skin color, it is first and foremost a question of feeling of belonging. For my part, I believe that this child’s smile is contagious and this is all the energy I wish for the Brittany of tomorrow “, he continued.

He also called on deputies from the region who voted in favor of the immigration law to “ achieve the trivialization of racism “, accusing them of being the” ideas platform “that they” pretend to fight “. After the torrent of hate, these are now messages of support the boy who is now a teenager and the scrolling magazine. Several elected officials in the region also lent their support to the initiative Breton peoplewhile many hateful comments were able to be deleted after being reported.

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