“The atmosphere is calm, very calm, but be careful, everything is hanging on a thread, it could change at any moment.” In the Planoise district of Besançon, a year after the death of Nahel and the riots which engulfed France, the observation of Fodé Ndao, the director Fodé Ndao, of the Sauvegarde karate club in the Planoise district of Besançon, is lucid and without call.
“Develop critical thinking among young people” – Fodé Nadao
“This is why we are increasing actions on the ground to encourage young people to develop their critical thinking, we are also doing media education with what we call here the palaver tree on the situation of the moment”, the educator further specifies.
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And to clarify immediately: “When seeing politicians on television, young people don’t relate, they don’t understand the issues,” believes Fodé Nadao. “With crowd movements, the internet, social networks, if we cannot think critically, we can quickly fall into very tense situations. If we do not have media education, a word can quickly go beyond the framework of democracy, and turn the situation upside down.”
“Discuss with young people, explain to them the issues”
“Respect is fundamental, and it requires knowledge”, further develops the director of the Sauvegarde karate club in Besançon-Planoise. “We need to be able to discuss politics with young people to explain to them the issues at stake in this election by increasing the number of actions on the ground and the debates between them. The deadline was very short.”
“Today young people don’t even know what a constituency is,” he notes, a little disillusioned. “They must understand that going to vote is a very important duty of the citizen” Fodé Nadao forcefully asserts. “That’s what’s at stake today.” His interview can be found here in full.
