H. Bouteldja is the spokesperson for the Party of Indigenous People of the French Republic. Below, some of her words.“The second story involves the discovery of my own race: I knew I was Algerian, I knew I wasn’t white, but one day a friend told me Algeria was in Africa. I couldn’t believe. I had already internalized that Africa was an inferior place.”
“I live myself as an indigenous. This is a political decision. […] France today hasn’t digested Algeria independence. […] How their defeat, and our victory, lead us to live together? On the same place? This is the equation we need to resolve as a party. Because I cannot leave in a place where people cannot see their defeat and the Algerians this form. […] What is France? France is the place where the most sophisticated forms of racism exist. […] France is universal. France and the French, French people and French language.”
“To be an indigenous person is to be a relevant being. To be a relevant being is to be around, on the side. […] Zidane’s goal promoted us back to the level of humanity. Then September 11 happened, we were again demoted.”
The complete audio of this excellent and clarifying lecture here. We were shown a video of an interview of H. Bouteldja on French TV. The link is here. Another interview at Baraka TV here. I've found another one, named "Houria Bouteldja
L'Interview des Blogueurs" here. A last one, in the Indigenous People page, here.
The word? She pronounced "souchien"as to "pure French",
but they've listened the dash ("sous-chiens"), changing it to
"sub-dogs".
L'Interview des Blogueurs" here. A last one, in the Indigenous People page, here.
The word? She pronounced "souchien"as to "pure French",
but they've listened the dash ("sous-chiens"), changing it to
"sub-dogs".
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