Politicians from across the spectrum have denounced the publication of a cartoon depicting a French MP and anti-racism activist as a slave.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Paris -- Politicians from across the spectrum have denounced the publication of the cartoon depicting a French MP and anti-racism activist as a slave under the title"Obono, the African."
Already condemned in 2015 for inciting hatred against Roma communities, Valeurs Actuelles, which caters to a right-wing and far-right readership, describes itself as anti-conformist and politically incorrect. French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at a press conference after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Fort de Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, France, Aug. 20, 2020.the fictitious cartoon was intended to bring to light the responsibility of Africans in the slave trade,"terrible truth that indigenous people don’t want to see and apparently, dear @Deputee_Obono, you don’t want to read.
While denying that the cartoon was racist, the magazine eventually issued an apology to MP Obono on Saturday.French leftist La France Insoumise member of Parliament Daniele Obono poses during a photo session in Paris.
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