2017, Open letter against Colbert in Le Monde

has description | a une description: In August 2017, the violent controversy around the removal of the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, sparked international debates over symbols and monuments to white supremacist ideology in public spaces.

In September 2017, Georges-Louis Tin, president of Conseil Représentatif des Associations Noires de France (CRAN), and philosopher Louis Sala-Molin, published an open letter in French newspaper le Monde. They specificially referenced the American controvery and called out France's own homages to Colbert, enabler and organizer of the French slave trade in the 1600s during Louis XIV's reign. The open letter called for Colbert's name to be taken out of public space. From their letter: "Why Colbert? Because Louis XIV's minister laid the foundations for the Code Noir, the legal monster that legalized this crime against humanity. Colbert was also the man who founded the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales, a slave trading company of sinister memory. In other words, when it comes to slavery, Colbert symbolizes both theory and practice, at the highest level.."
has type | est de type: contestation
carried out by | réalisée par: Georges-Louis Tin; Louis Sala-Molin
took place on or within | a eu lieu le ou dans l'intervalle de temps: 17 September 2017

is referred to by | est référencé par: Le Monde; Libération; Conseil Représentatif des Associations Noires de France

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