A. MEMMI Writer (Tunisia) The inconvenience of being Arab or African in the West persists for many years. The greater the need for economic and political cooperation and international decision-making became, the more painful was the gap that continued to exist between the former masters, the former colonized and the former colonized. BURNS OF HUMILIATION The sense of inequality, which has become unbearable, supports the growing bitterness in relationships. The growing presence of immigrants in the West itself revealed a new expansion of Islam. Hence the desire of Islam to forcibly wrest recognition of equality from the West. They accuse him of perversity, selfishness, concern only with his own privileges, and threaten a desperate war with him. Although it is not a fact that a real war will begin. This requires a relative balance of forces of the opponents. Meanwhile, the difference in "weight categories" is obvious and so far it is difficult to overcome, even given the relative weakening of the West, which still retains a significant advantage in scientific, technical, military and philosophical development... For example, his doctrine of human rights is accepted, even sanctimoniously, almost all over the world... Who are they, modern immigrants? Scavengers, janitors, utility workers, sewage collectors... It was as if their old African slavery had returned to the West... Discrimination is everywhere, whether it's about work, housing, or personal life... But how can they overcome their poverty and humiliation? How do I keep up with everyone else? Have you ever seen how the French willingly visit immigrant neighborhoods, invite people to visit them? Even if an immigrant is not just a seller of roasted chestnuts, but a manager in some supermarket, he always has a sense of some kind of "illegitimacy", marginality in the land of his new homeland. Whose fault is it? The answer is not simple. An immigrant wants everything at once, so that his living conditions are equal to ... Читать далее