Annie Cordy accused of racism: "No area is spared by cancel culture"

Alain DESTEXHE, Honorary Senator (Belgium), Former Secretary-General of Médecins Sans Frontières.

Belgium is the homeland of surrealism, a country which does not cultivate national pride (except during football matches), rejects elitism, loses interest in its past and whose seven governments want to be at the forefront of societal progressivism.

Following the death of George Floyd, many statues of Leopold II were debunked or vandalized all over Belgium.

Two months ago, the Brussels regional government, bringing together socialists and ecologists, organized a "popular consultation" on the Internet to rename the Leopold II Tunnel, a long work renovated under one of the main structural axes of the Belgian capital, crossing the town from Molenbeek and leading to the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart, which dominates the city.

At no time did the government of the Brussels Region think of asking the Belgians if they wanted to change the name of the tunnel.

A popular consultation, of course, but strictly framed according to the canons of the time.

Following the death of George Floyd, many statues of Leopold II were debunked or vandalized all over Belgium.

Only the names of women were proposed, most of which had no connection with Belgium, or were unknown to the Belgian public: Rosa Parks, figure in the fight against racial segregation in the United States;

Semira Adamou, a young exile Nigerian suffocated by two police officers while she rebelled during her expulsion from Belgian territory;

Sophie Kanza, the first Congolese woman to hold a government post in her country;

the Kenyan Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against deforestation or Marguerite Yourcenar, Marie Curie, Simone Veil, smarter choices, and ... Annie Cordy, who won!

If it was really necessary to change, the choice of the Belgian author of the

would still have had more allure!

Since Adam Hochschild's bestseller,

, has become the international symbol of "colonial horror", Leopold II is no longer defended by anyone within the kingdom, not even by the royal family who stand coite.

Leopold II was the second king of the Belgians.

As the history of Belgium is no longer taught in schools, young Belgians know almost everything about his reign, marked by remarkable industrial development (Wallonia was the first industrialized land on the European continent), the rearmament of the Belgian army. which in August 14 delayed the German advance and allowed the French army to deploy in Belgium (thus Liège became the name of a Parisian metro station), and the construction of the main roads, parks and monuments of Brussels which give its current appearance to the capital of Europe.

Leopold II was a great king, ambitious for his country, at a time when monarchs still influenced the conduct of affairs.

He succeeded in carving out for himself, first for himself (the independent state of the Congo was his personal property), then for Belgium, an immense colonial domain in the heart of the African continent by playing on the rivalry of the great powers.

In its time, Belgium was respected and influential in the concert of nations.

To rename the Leopold II tunnel in favor of Annie Cordy is as if, all things considered, France renamed the Boulevards des Maréchaux with the name of Plastic Bertrand.

On a Belgian scale, erasing Leopold II from public space would be the equivalent of removing any reference to Colbert or Napoleon from French monuments.

To rename the Leopold II tunnel in favor of Annie Cordy is as if, all things considered, France renamed the Boulevards des Maréchaux with the name of Plastic Bertrand.

From a historical point of view, it is not to offend the memory of the sympathetic Annie Cordy, who died in 2020, to say that she does not compete in the same category as Leopold II.

Ironically, the popular singer, chosen to erase the name of the cursed king, is also caught up by supporters of decolonial ideology.

A very innocent song

is considered racist by ultra-minority groups representing no one, but relayed by social networks.

These days, it takes little to destroy a hard-earned reputation.

In Annie Cordy's case, a few tweets and a televised debate were enough.

We can listen to and listen to the lyrics, a little absurd by the way (penguins dancing in the middle of a tropical climate), of this simplistic song, we do not see anything racist, but it is true that the

are experts at unearthing evil where the

would see nothing but amiable silliness (

).

For Wokism, everything must disappear in Western culture, accused of structural racism.

For

- note how quickly this term from the United States has imposed itself in public debate - everything must disappear in Western culture, accused of a structural racism omnipresent in literature (Voltaire, Shakespeare), music classic, opera, cinema, but also in comics, cartoons like Dumbo, The Aristocats, Peter Pan, The Robinson family, Speedy Gonzales and in popular traditions, like that of Père Fouettard in Belgium and the Countries -Low.

After Michel Sardou and his (good old)

it is the turn of another popular singer, Annie Cordy, to be targeted by the

for having sung

!

Little used before Floyd's death, the phrase "systematic racism" went viral.

The

took a hystérisante pace, no domain is now spared, not even the mathematics and physics!

Like the Marxists, the woke want to wipe out the past and rewrite history.

Perhaps most serious is that this mad attempt by minority groups to destroy Western civilization and culture has met with no organized resistance.