An art installation at the University of Grenoble in France has sparked outrage during “Equality Month” for featuring anti-White slogans. The president of the university was prompted to demand the removal of the inscriptions following widespread criticism.
The slogans targeted “White males” and claimed that only White people are capable of racism. The controversy quickly went viral, attracting tens of thousands of comments and millions of views on French social media.
The art installation included around 40 such inscriptions, with four of them specifically targeting White individuals:
1. The world is in pain. That’s normal, it is ruled by white men.
2. Earth is monochrome like a rainbow, racism is only white.
3. It’s the work of the Arabs that built Versailles.
4. In chess, as in life, whites have a head start.
Other slogans, such as “I would like to overthrow the French government,” were also deemed problematic. The inscriptions were displayed on the glass walls of the amphitheater gallery in the Pierre Mendès France building on the university campus, created by artist Petite Poissone. The financial details of the commission remain undisclosed.
The conservative student union, UNI Grenoble, condemned the messages as “anti-white propaganda.”
“These unacceptable messages promote racism against white individuals and propagate the idea of a systematically racist society,” said UNI national delegate Yvenn Le Coz, urging the university to remove the artworks immediately.
Following the UNI’s alert, President Yassine Lakhnech ordered the removal of the inscriptions, despite claiming he was unaware of their existence for two months. The incident has attracted national attention, with major media outlets questioning how such racist messages were allowed to be displayed.
A press release stated that the artwork had undergone “sufficient oversight,” but university students revealed that 10 out of 50 inscriptions had already been flagged as inappropriate before installation, suggesting that university staff had prior knowledge of the controversial messages.
The artist, a 42-year-old Grenoble resident, has a history of anti-White and anti-male sentiments in her Instagram posts.
Instances of anti-White racism at French and Western universities have been on the rise, as previously reported by Remix News.
In a separate incident in 2021, Remix News highlighted the growing influence of racist, de-colonial, and anti-White ideologies at Sciences Po Paris, indicating a broader trend in academic institutions.
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