| https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=LEG... > ... hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined on the basis of race, colour, descent, religion or belief, or national or ethnic origin; Define "hatred". This is extremely vague. Again, I suggest you to do some of your own research in this regard. There are thousands of documents freely available on UN, EU or related organisations websites that very clearly outline what the goals are of these types of laws and what has been done in this regard. I will refer you though, to one such document, in which there is an interesting section that quotes someone as saying that the only way for migrants and minorities to be integrated into European society will be through "forced assimilation" and what I would define as a complete destruction of European national identities: > first and foremost the notion of what it means to be the member of a certain European
nation (e.g. being French, German, Spanish, etc.) has to change. Europeans cannot define
themselves anymore through the colour of their skin and/or their religion. They have to realise the
excluding nature of these signifiers and come up with others that can really work as umbrellas
that all can fit under. European values could be a great starting point. The respect for human
rights, democracy, liberalism, secularism, etc. are all ideas and ideals that are inherently inclusive
and independent of ethnic background, religious beliefs or skin colour. Obviously, immigrants and
members of minority communities also have to subscribe to these ideas and - due to cultural
differences - that will also be hard work on their part (and on the part of European societies).
However, there are hardly any other options to create healthy and unfragmented European
societies through integration that is not forced assimilation. I will leave you to draw your own conclusions about what "forced assimilation" means. Edit: Document in which this phrase can be found: http://www.inach.net/wp-content/uploads/Annual-Report-2018-1... If you are unfamiliar with this environment I suggest you read the entire document and not just the part I quoted. |
The important bit has to be "Europeans cannot define themselves anymore through the colour of their skin and/or their religion" - that is, something like the American ideal. It is not necessary to be white or of a particular religious denomination to be American; the whole point of the "melting pot" is that it's open to everyone who chooses to have that identity.
What they are arguing is that "French" can no longer continue to require "white, Christian" for someone to be considered French.