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With the onslaught of economic downturn and further disintegration of the politics of the European Union, we only amplify the harsh malaise that seems to be plaguing politics throughout Europe. And this only brings back the memory of the New York Post’s tasteless chimp cartoon mocking the stimulus deal and presumably President Obama. This followed after a black minister in Italy was mocked in a similar manner. Recently, a member of the far-right Front National compared Christiane Taubira, the current Minister of Justice from French Guiana, to a monkey. We are forced to decide who is allowed in and who has to stay out how do we deal with those who are already here and how does society perceive the “other?” The responses in recent months have been chilling. In a society so intent on preserving its cultural identity, there is bound to be tension regarding French identity. Living in France with a host family and directly matriculating into a French university helped me develop an understanding of the discourse France is currently having on race, culture, and society-at-large. Simply put, the film is an introspective look into the struggles of a highly diverse political community in an odd limbo, trying to find itself in a new era during which there is mass immigration and therefore a great sense of anxiety in defining what it means to be French. I did not have the same sense of references as my French colleagues with whom I studied during my time at Sciences Po Lyon in order to really grasp the real challenge the film attempted to depict. I’m not French, therefore I do not understand the struggles and anxieties currently present in modern French society. This landing symbolizes France’s ability to confront its complicated past and (positively) self-reflect on the prospects of its diverse and certainly multicultural future.Īt first, I did not know what to make of the film. All is “so far, so good” until we approaching the brink and ultimately a landing. If the man in the opening quote represents French society, it seems that French society as a whole is gradually approaching a landing which could be construed as good or bad. so far so good.” What’s important is not the fall. He, gradually during his fall, continuously reassures himself “so far, so good. (This is a a story of a man who is falling from a fifty story building. Le mec, au fur et à mesure de sa chute, il se répète sans cesse pour se rassurer : « Jusqu’ici tout va bien. Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue TopicĬ’est l’histoire d’un homme qui tombe d’un immeuble de 50 étages. Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy.Towards a Global Culture of Safeguarding.Revitalizing Global Religious and Interfaith Networks.Politicization of Religion in Global Perspective.

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