Racial assault while he was on stage

This comedian was hit with a racist assault while he performed.

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00:00We do not know what happened. It was so real. We're like, what the f***? This happened

00:13here in France, at a comedy club. It's impossible. It's like a nightmare.

00:21People who vote for the National Front, because what annoys me is that they don't often

00:25accept him. This gentleman accepted him. It's cool.

00:28It's black.

00:29Sorry?

00:30It's black.

00:31Sorry?

00:32He said it's black.

00:36And now I'm really lost because I tell myself it's not possible. We are in the 21st century,

00:41we are in France, we are in a comedy show. It's not possible. I have not heard that.

00:45That's why I ask three times. To give him a chance to unwind, to apologize, to say

00:50no, I'm kidding. So I ask for forgiveness. And then I hear a voice, but without equivocation,

00:55who says, I said it's black. So there, in me, it's over. I have ideas of violence.

01:02I want to get off the stage and let it end at least. But I have a surge of, I don't know,

01:09of lucidity or sensitivity, of fragility. I tell myself, no, it's not the right solution.

01:17I'm not going to respond to violence by violence.

01:29In my show, I take tolerance, I take living together, I take love. So as an artist,

01:36as a man, I could only go in that direction. So I take the liberty of putting this person

01:42in front of his own stupidity.

01:45You should have shut your mouth!

01:47You put what we call a malaise, which means nothing in the show.

01:51Apart from the embarrassment for you, everyone else is embarrassed for you.

01:54And you tell yourself, I should have shut up.

01:56People laugh, maybe thinking it's an accomplice. It was so big, it's unimaginable

02:01that today someone can get up and say, it's black, in total impunity, in front of everyone.

02:15There is a lot of racism in France. We can't deny it and we have to fight it all together.

02:28Racism is not a question that should only interest blacks or people who are victims of racism.

02:34It's a question that should interest everyone. It's a matter of public order.

02:38It affects all of France. Racism is fear or stupidity or lack of education.

02:44We don't fight racism with violence. There are a lot more French people who want to live

02:49in harmony with everyone than racists. So you will never win.

02:53We won't leave. Difference will win. Mixedness will win.

02:56It's a fight that will take the time it takes, but racists, you will never win.