{"id":1093633,"date":"2021-12-07T09:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1093633"},"modified":"2021-12-07T09:13:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:13:44","slug":"paris-christmas-market-set-up-for-black-merchants-only-criticised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paris-christmas-market-set-up-for-black-merchants-only-criticised\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris: Christmas Market Set Up for Black Merchants Only Criticised"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparis-christmas-market-set-up-for-black-merchants-only-criticised%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1093633&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-876011678-e1638825989343-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A Christmas market in Paris\u2019s 18th arrondissement requiring that all of the merchants be black led to allegations of racism and segregation.<\/p>\n<p>A Christmas market held over the weekend at the Hasard Ludique cultural space in the 18th arrondissement (district) of Paris was organised by the association&nbsp;<em>Je Consomme Noir <\/em>(I Consume Black), with a focus on products such as food, drink, books, and beauty products made by \u201cAfrican and Afro-descendant creators\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>French newspaper <em>Le Figaro<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/conso\/je-consomme-noir-a-paris-un-marche-de-noel-reserve-aux-commercants-noirs-interroge-20211205\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;on the backlash against the event on social media, quoting some as stating the market was an example of \u201csegregation\u201d and launching accusations of racism. A volunteer of&nbsp;<em>Je Consomme Noir,&nbsp;<\/em>however,&nbsp;claimed the association did not want to debate politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t&nbsp;do politics. We want to convey a positive message, by doing things for our community,\u201d the volunteer told the newspaper. She added that they had \u201cexpected to have this kind of criticism\u201d and said that customers of all races were welcome at the market.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.975\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">French Senate Votes for Power to Dissolve Associations Holding Segregated Meetings <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NBtktX7XLj\">https:\/\/t.co\/NBtktX7XLj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1379131218847965185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Commercial lawyer&nbsp;Micha\u00ebl Amado stated that the market was not discriminatory despite all sellers being black, telling the French newspaper that \u201cit would be discriminatory to prohibit consumers from coming to enjoy the products on the sole pretext that they would not be part of the organising community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Issues around immigration and segregation have become one of the main focuses of the upcoming French presidential campaign, with conservative writer Eric Zemmour holding his first official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/06\/eric-zemmour-attacked-at-first-campaign-rally-39-antifa-extremists-arrested-molotov-cocktails-seized\/\">campaign rally<\/a> over the weekend to an audience of at least 10,000 after formally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/01\/conservative-writer-zemmour-announces-official-french-presidential-bid\/\">announcing<\/a> his candidacy last week.<\/p>\n<p>Zemmour has spoken at length on the demographic shifts occurring in France as well as the theory of the \u201cGreat Replacement\u201d, with a poll from late November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/28\/half-of-french-believe-in-demographic-shift-great-replacement-theory\/\">finding<\/a> half of French people believe in the demographic shift theory.<\/p>\n<p>Demographics, specifically birth rates, is a subject also being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/02\/05\/french-birthrate-talking-point-2022-presidential-election\/\">discussed<\/a> by other politicians across the political spectrum in the run-up to next year\u2019s election, as well as other issues including Islamist separatism, a matter even being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/04\/05\/french-senate-votes-for-power-to-dissolve-associations-holding-segregated-meetings\/\">debated<\/a>&nbsp;by the government of current French President Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n<p>Among the French public, there is also a growing number of people concerned about anti-white racism, with a poll conducted in June of last year revealing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/06\/21\/plurality-of-french-say-anti-white-racism-is-a-problem-in-france\/\">47 per cent<\/a>&nbsp;believe that anti-white racism exists and is an issue in the country.<\/p>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span data-darkreader-inline-color><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Christmas market in Paris\u2019s 18th arrondissement requiring that all of the merchants be black led to allegations of racism and segregation. 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