Normalizing Racism in National Front Rhetoric
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Marine Le Pen of France’s National Front has removed openly xenophobic language from the party's platform. Pauline Moullot explains that this masking of racist sentiments makes supporting the far-right party more publicly acceptable.
This is the second article in a three-part series on Dangerous Speech. Click here to read the first installment, which considers the line between offensive speech and speech with a direct link to violence.
By Pauline Moullot