“I will turn my tongue seven times in my mouth…” Actor Ahmed Sylla, accused of having minimized racism in France in an interview on the Purebreak site last week, made his mea culpa on Saturday, on the social network X. My idea was to recognize that there is racism in our country, but not to essentialize it. I did it clumsily and karma proved me wrong,” confides the artist, referring to the verbal assault of a veiled woman in a bakery, which went viral on social networks.
In this interview, the comedian declared that “everyday French people are not racist. When we go to get our bread… There are racist situations, there are real problems, I don’t deny it but most of the time, when we go outside, we are not confronted with racism.” Ahmed Sylla in his message recognizes that his “individual prism is therefore biased”. And to clarify: “There are racists who are rampant on a daily basis and I am aware that I do not experience this daily life (anymore) like my peers due to my notoriety. »
Providing his support for Assia, the young victim of Islamophobia, Ahmed Sylla relayed the call for the march against racism which was being held this Sunday. “I will always side with all those who experience racism and all forms of discrimination head-on, far too often with indifference. »