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French President Macron: Woke ‘Social Science Theories Entirely Imported’ From U.S. Are Eroding France

Ryan Saavedra
French President Macron: Woke ‘Social Science Theories Entirely Imported’ From U.S. Are Eroding France
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Top French politicians, journalists, and intellectuals are warning that “woke” social science theories “entirely imported from the United States” regarding race, gender, and post-colonialism are a serious threat to France.

“Emboldened by these comments, prominent intellectuals have banded together against what they regard as contamination by the out-of-control woke leftism of American campuses and its attendant cancel culture,” The New York Times reported this week. “With its echoes of the American culture wars, the battle began inside French universities but is being played out increasingly in the media. Politicians have been weighing in more and more, especially following a turbulent year during which a series of events called into question tenets of French society.”

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