Guest of France Inter 13/14, Lilian Thuram spoke about the legislative elections, the first round of which takes place on Sunday, taking a position against the National Rally: “People who have this violence in them express it freely today and it is extremely dangerous. Imagine tomorrow when they are in power… We must take things seriously. Unfortunately for years we have denied the racism of the National Front (former name of the RN). The FN is a party where there is extremely deep anti-Muslim hatred. »
The 1998 world champion also addressed the influence of the media and politicians on the trivialization of racist speech: “There is the role of certain media outlets that normalize racist discourse. There is also that of certain politicians who legitimize the discourse of the National Front. That is the reality. We ask ourselves how it is possible to live in a country where people are going to be assaulted according to their origins or the color of their skin.”
He didn’t talk about it with Marcus
The former French team player also returned to the position taken by his son Marcus, who had also taken a position against the far-right party, while he is currently at the Euro: “I didn’t talk about it with him. But it’s the result of an education. I’ve always tried to educate my two boys on the fact that you have to take care of others, respect them. You can’t be indifferent. I’m not a Muslim, but I can say openly that there is very powerful anti-Muslim racism on the part of the FN. I’m not homosexual and it’s exactly the same thing. There are extremely homophobic speeches. I’ve always told my children “we don’t collaborate with hatred”
He also cited a sentence from Albert Einstein to illustrate his point: “There is a phrase from Albert Einstein who says “the world is going bad not because of those who do evil, but because of those who let it happen and watch.” The idea is not to look, not to be silent, not to act as if you don’t know. »
