Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right.
Paris deputy mayor: white people 'must keep quiet when racism is discussed'
Racists incensed because she speaks the truth: the only racists are white
Left-wing deputy mayor Audrey Pulvar, 49, said white people should 'be asked to keep quiet and be silent spectators' during discussions around racism attended by black and ethnic minority people.
She explained: 'People who suffer discrimination for the same reasons and in the same way feel the need to meet among themselves to discuss it'.
The comments made by Pulvar, who was born in Martinique, have re-sparked concerns over the rise of American woke culture in the French state.
Former socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Pulvar's comments betrayed French values in an interview on Europe 1 Radio.
He said: 'This rhetoric, always justifying the victim, leads to disaster... Do you have to be Jewish to talk about antisemitism?'
The row, which has highlighted divisions in French politics, was prolonged when President Emmanuel Macron waded into the debate in a speech on the 'Fight against Separatism' in October.
Macron warned against leaving 'the intellectual debate to others' as he cautioned over the rise of 'social science theories' imported from the US.
Macron also claimed the increasing prevalence of American woke culture in France was a threat to national unity.
Left-wing deputy mayor Audrey Pulvar, 49, said white people should 'be asked to keep quiet and be silent spectators' during discussions around racism attended by black and ethnic minority people. 
