How Perosphere is
perceived in France?
Let's start first by defining what Perosphere is. It comes
to Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan. These populations are relatively
unknown by the French people. For the simple reason that these people are not
very present on french territory. There is a strong Muslim community but it is
not from the Middle East, it is from North Africa instead.
How these communities are they perceived by strangers, in
this case the French people? First of all for us, women have no rights, they
are veiled from head to toe, are beaten and forcibly married at the age of
thirteen with a husband they do not know. This image of women is somewhat
pejorative. But these stereotypes come to us with the French TV channel and
newspaper. The ambient misery in these countries suggests us that they are not
really civilized. Furthermore, we believe that this part of the globe is the
heart of the global terrorism; it's really pejorative for those peoples who are
undoubtedly very welcoming and as civilized as the Europeans. But the war in
these areas by the UN, the U.S. and Europe reinforces our idea that they have
something to hide because we are at war against them. We also believe (wrongly)
that everyone in this area is rich from oil. This part of the world is hiding
in fact a large part of world reserves, but those who profit are a minority in
these countries. The richest share nothing with the poorest. There is a large
gap between rich and poor, even more than in Western countries.
In conclusion, we Europeans are very judgmental against
these people. Obviously because we do not know them at all. The French don’t
have the same culture and are not open to this kind of culture. I hope anyway
from my point of view that these stereotypes are false. And that these people
may one day be in peace and so try to develop themselves. Something that would
normally be the case after more than ten-year war.
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