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" Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Reading
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" I molded myself against le Front National. Against hate speech, be it racist, sexist, xenophobic, or homophobic. Against the kind of injustice I faced during my own life. "
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" People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore. "
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" There is no link between the terror attacks of Daesh and the dress of a woman on the beach. "
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" I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read. "
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" School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social mobility. It allowed me to enrich myself, to read, learn and understand. "
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" I feel totally French - I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots. "
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" If a big number of young pupils felt secularism was an attack on them, it was because the term had been misused and deformed in the public debate for years by the extreme-right and the right as an attack on Islam. The term had often been misused to point out how Muslims were different to others, and that is clearly problematic. "
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" As long as there is no proselytism... we must facilitate the partnership between parents and schools. "
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" My dream of society is a society where women are free and proud of their bodies. "
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" If you're asking me in a general context whether I'm for or against the burkini, the response is simple: I oppose the burkini. "
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Me
" We need everyone to be a feminist. Feminism is the fight for the equality of sexes, not for the domination of one sex over another. "
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" On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively. "
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" When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path. "
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School
" Our universities also have a lot of foreign students. Are we going to ban them access because in their culture there's a certain type of clothing? "
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Students
" Equality in education is my number one battle. "
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" It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other. "
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" Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans, Normans, Celts, Nicois, Corsicans, Arabs, Italians, Spanish. That's France. "
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France
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Yes
" We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they're not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them. "
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" We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we would like to see - adhere - to secularism. "
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" I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics. "
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" I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children. "
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" We have several million Muslims in France who are mostly moderates or non-practicing. If they feel that it is the only subject in public debate, they won't feel at home and will be tempted to withdraw to their communities. "
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" In Europe, we will work towards having a common stance, while in France, we will strengthen our protection for asylum seekers whose lives are in danger because of their sexual orientation. "
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" How can a child adhere to school and the notion of secularism when they see their mother rejected from a school outing, stigmatized, left on the sidelines, just because she has a scarf on her head? "
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" The proliferation of bans fuels stereotypes and discriminates against a community. "
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" School is at once a place of hope, but it's also a laboratory that exposes our differences. "
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" I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education. "
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Opportunities
Children
" Some Muslim students experience secularism as an act of aggression. "
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" The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud. "
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" Low income persons in need of social housing should be housed in more prosperous areas to avoid placing an extra burden on the poorer areas and to redress the balance in terms of housing, redressing the balance in terms of schooling. "
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