(And to be clear, you can be French even if you're not born in France, too, obviously.)
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Accurate thread. All team members but one were born in France, which makes them... French. Not immigrants. The expression "second-generation immigrant" (or even "third-generation"!) is absurd. You're not an immigrant if you're born here and have always lived here.https://twitter.com/julienbarbier42/status/1020386816917102592 …
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Why absurd? The term still hold in politics talks about their integration. But agree, no immigrant plays for a national team.
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So is this even a serious talking point in france, outside of xenophobic circles?
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This tendency to fabricate dishonest and confrontational polemics is not my preferred part of the internet.
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Also: Africa is not a country.
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But the border lines were drawn by Europeans, right?
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Second or third generation Algerians think of themselves as Algerians first and French second. Same for black Africans. Their culture, music, food,... has nothing to do with French, they just happen to be born there but they do not really “belong” there. That unless they win a WC
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You're generalizing. I'm a naturalized American citizen and consider myself American first, Nigerian second. While I love Nigeria and have plenty family there, my life is America... nearly all my friends, most of my memories, and all my aspirations...
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And if they said they were French and their parents' country of origin? Pretty common to hear around these parts.
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