Trevor Responds to Criticism from French Ambassador REACTION - Between The Scenes | The Daily Show 

When this happened, I asked myself what if that squad had lost the tournament? What would have happened then? And my question was sadly answered by England in the last Euro Cup competition, when team's loss was placed almost entirely on the black players and their Englishness and place on the team was called into question

I concur, In Africa, when there was only 2 teams left, we supported France because of our African brothers playing for their chosen country. We supported France by default (or nostalgia for our Old Colonial Mother : France). I'm Congolese - From Brazzaville - And I totally agree with what Trevor says about France and its relationship with African immigrants

Regarding context, Trevor Noah is right. During a time when Obama was “accused” of being Muslim, my Muslim mom was like, “hell yeah he’s Muslim. His middle name is Hussein, why do you think I voted for him?”

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We gotta stop equating heritage with DNA. Heritage is not a phenotype.

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I have to say I see where Trevor is coming from with this, but I have to disagree. He is presenting himself in a concilliatory manner saying "Why can't you be both." but that is not the question. In an American framework this way of handeling it makes perfect sense, but not in a French context. This doesn't mean the players can't be celebrated for their Africanness, or their Frenchness, or whatever you want to call them, the issue is that some of these players may genuinely consider themselves fully French, of course others may not, and they are all allowed to do so. The problem with celebrating their Africanness is not that they don't originally come from Africa, but to what point they are considered African and if they agree with it. If a person was born in France, grew up in France, speaks French, knows French culture and references, and doesn't actually care about whereever he may have come from in Africa, while considering himself French, the question is, how can you celebrate his Africanness. If the person explicitly has nothing much to do with the continent, it would be unfair to tell them that they are being celebrated for some form of culture they have no idea about, and have never thought about being a part of, it would be rude to tell them that they are now something or someone that has nothing to do with their identity. France allows dual citizenship, and France specifically encourages people to live their own culture as part of French culture as well, there is plenty of space to celebrate people for their African heritage, but why should someone be celebrated for being African when he is French. Of course there will be players who are African, or who feel deeply connected to Africa and France, the point of the letter isn't to show that they cannot belong to an African culture, the point is that no matter where they have come from, they can think of themselves as French, and their way of life as a French way of life, to show that they have their place in French culture and community if they want to, that they aren't strangers or outsiders. In the first place, a person as I described, who feels he or she has nothing to do with African cultures in the first place, would probably disagree with being called African, so it's not right to pick the middle way, this is not what France has to do, it has to show that no matter where you are from, you can feel as a full part of French life if you so want. You are absolutely free to consider yourself part of another culture and hold a second citizenship, if you want to consider yourself part of two cultures as well, but Trevor missed the point entirely here thinking that the middle ground is the best option. The middle ground isn't good enough for those who don't consider themselves African at all, but French, they should not have to put up with a stigma just because their parents or grandparents are from somewhere else. They should be able to say they are French, regardless of skin colour, ethnicity or other backgrounds, if that is what they want, and if they want to connect with Africa, they are always free to do so, I can guarantee no one is going to stop them doing so in France.

12:12 "...Certain country like Africa" Uh...Africa is a continent. 😆

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I'd like to add one thing to explain why, even if some good points of criticism are raised by Trevor, it was welcomed as it was. The joke he made, unfortunately, was too similar to an affirmation made by far-right wings in France some time ago (especially with the second immigration period). The context and ideology is of course completely different: Trevor wanted to mention their African heritage when this right-hand wing wanted to underline their idea (that I don't share)that they're were too many strangers in a team which was supposed to be french and other racist bullshit... As the delivery was in almost the same words (with completely opposed ideas) This a remind people of the first occurence and as a result was not received very well...

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The ambassador did not say you couldn't be both," roots are an individual reality",I like Trevor but he does pander to his American audience sometimes,if French diversity is due to their colonialism,what is Americas a result of?mmm.Saw an "African american" lady almost in tears on a RU-vid piece on how America f'd me up explaining how the first time she'd just been called "american"was in Norway,no hyphen just american.The ambassador was not being negative for me but positive.

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And these French players who are first generation French were raised by African parents

All I have learned from this is that, for Trevor Noah, race trumps citizenship.

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Paris not the whole of France it self . most immigrants or people of other decents, tend congigrate in Paris and other more southern cities where their presence doesn't get a second glance . Also like in Italy... Ps you guys are so cute . You are my fave reaction channel 🙂 et pour un débutant, votre français c'est bon

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The problem is that Mr Trevor knows very little about French culture. 1°) It’s a question of priority. In the US you will talk about an African American person, putting origin before nationality whereas in France we put nationality before origin. It's even present in our language : no one uses the word "Afro French"; we will talk about a Frenchman (first) of Malian origin, of Vietnamese origin, of Senegalese origin...... This is why we feel shocked when you put origin before the nationality. 2°) In his speech which is intended to be humorous, he forgets one important thing: humor is the least shared thing, something that seems funny to you can be shocking to someone from another culture. On the other hand, racism is universal, it is the most shared thing... and everyone can be. 3°) When he speaks of French colonialism he forgets that he carries the nationality of those who erased a culture and suppressed the populations who lived on American soil, "the native Americans"... we are often the colonizer colonized. Gaul was part of the Roman Empire before. Wars and greater population movements these days make these notions obsolete.... 4°) The unconstructive and sarcastic state of mind of Mr Trevor is felt towards the end when he says that these people (the players of the French team and more generally, the French of origin African) are African and "CAN" be French while they ARE French..... the CAN expresses a possibility, it is not a possibility, it is that they ARE French, that's all! 5°) Mr Trevor knows South Africa better than me..... are South Africans of European origin South Africans and therefore Africans or not? 6°) No one in France says that French people of foreign origin must deny their origin, it is once again a bad spirit from Mr Trevor who wants to remain confrontational instead of being positive..... .

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The problem is that the french racist far right call them the African team to deny their french citizenship. The players themselves said that France won, they desagreed with Trevor , they have no say about who they are because of their skin color? Their skin color should override everything? Shouldn't be the one deciding? Trevor based is feeling on their appearance only. Can one be more racist?

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I suppose I should try to find the evidence to back this up, but I have a vague recollection of there being some negative sentiment in France when they won their first World Cup in '98 because the racial make-up of that squad was not traditionally French. Basically, it was a criticism of how many Africans there were on that team. Look, I suspect it was something that somebody on the far right in France said, but I suspect there are still some voices in France who are not happy with what the FIFA World Cup successes in '98 and '18 (frankly they should have won '06 too) represent.

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Wasn't it Noah who argued that African-Americans are not African.

If you actually take a good look almost most of the players in the French National team are of African descended from North and West Africa some central and East Africa

Believe me I hate to agree with the French (I'm British) but the ambassador nailed it... The American hyphenate addition is wierd. I see his point and have often wondered why Americans aren't just American! No one is denying heritage, but they were there under the French flag, they participated under the French flag. I can see why the ambassador felt slighted. They chose to be French. They chose to represent the French, it's a slap in the face to the French to then share victory with another country even unofficially or jokingly... To put it simply they left the old culture to adopt a new one, they're standing as a symbol and representative of thier new country and then someone slaps that country in the face. I'm not surprised it warranted a reaction. Separate to the issue of the joke: This idea Americas (and it is ONLY Americans) claim identity and culture from places they have tenuous links too through the most insignificant associations tells me Americans are seeking identity and feel like they don't have one. Being American doesn't mean you didn't originate somewhere, but equally just because your father, grandfather, a DNA blood test says you came from somewhere at some point in time, it doesn't suddenly change your identity or culture. It's absurd and insulting to those that really do have real ties and connections to a country or culture these claimants have no idea about...

15:45 I agree. America is a pure immigrant country and multicultural like no other thus the ancestry lines are many and diverse. The people's backgrounds have less in common than countries here in Europe. This might be the reason for the agressive phrase "America has no culture". It's more "America is multicultural complex"

Africa is a country now is it.....the world cup is not open to continents so I'm confused.

Very hypocritical of Trevor Noah there. Nothing in the ambassador's letter denies the african origins or african countries co-nationaliities of SOME French players. Unlike Trevor who said in his original speech (0m38s in the original youtube video) : "I mean look, I get it, I get it. They have to say it's the French team, but look at those guys, huh ! Hey little guys, you don't get that tan by hanging out in the South of France, my friends !" Contraru to what he says here, he denied the french nationality of "African" (quotes because it's not a nationality) players or the french team. Everything else from there is strawman sophism or bullshit, or both. Like complaining about giving the citizenship to Mamoudou Gassama (he has a name, respect it), So for trevor he souldn't have been rewarded for his action ?

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In France and most of Europe we dont have this thing America has, with Beeing from multiple places and skin-color matering. Your culture is your nationality. So yes in France there are alot of ethnic groups, but we are all French. We do not say “Bretonic-French” “Afro-French” or even “Corsican-French”. We are all just simply French! We dont like to divide our country like the US does. And especially the Algerian and Sub-Saharan population of France have fougth for many years to be considered French. They dont want to be considered “African-French” they want to be considered French and thats that. I myself is what Americans migth want to consider “African-French”. But My mother will slap the shit out of you if you dont consider me to be simply French. She fougth hard to become a French citizen. And if you call us Africans instead of French. It feels like you take away our struggle.

Im british and i disagree yes they are african heritage but it was the french who made them that great not what africa country made them who they are wd have the same problem in the uk with british/Nigerian nigerians will say they are nigerian but what as nigeria done for them to get where they are now

You should watch the original video where he comments the victory of the French team because what he says is quite different. The joke he made was really bad he simply repeated the mockery that spread on the net following the French victory at the World Cup which said that the French team was not French because the players were black.

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So if team USA wins the basketball Olympic gold it's actually Africa that won it?

Lol that French ambassador was me because when that team won the football world cup the hashtag #BringBackOurBoys was trending on Twitter lol... We Africans know other Africans when we see them. The name on their backs Umtiti Pogba Kante Come on those men are African!!!

America has trouble with race because they refer to each other as (country/continent of origin) American. Why don't y'all just call yourselves Americans it might bring you closer together. I hate people that say they are Scottish from the US lol like NO you're not, same with Americans claiming they're Irish.

I am of Irish and German descent. I am neither of the two. The culture you and your parents and also, their parents grew up with, makes you something else. That is why the French team members of mostly African descent, are French. And that is why they play better football than the African teams. Their being French and they being brought up in a culture of pride and hard work makes them different than their "brothers" in Africa. Proof that race does not matter, culture does.

I don't agree with Noah. I'm Greek, i am white, is there any use to call me also European ? Why is it nessesary for a French who is black to also being notice as African ? Did he asked them all about how they feel ? Maybe some of them would told him that they are French and they don't feel Africans. He says an Irish in the States can celebrate his Irishness without losing his Americaness. Yes, he celebrates to be Irish , not European. Why someone who his ancestors are from Ghana or Nigeria or Mali for instance must feel ok to refer to him just as African? Maybe they would prefer to mention their country and not their continent. I believe that the way to live in peace and to go forward is to stop identify people by their colour. All blacks are not Africans and all Africans aren't even black. The North Africa isn't black and not because of colonialisation but by their own dna . We have the same debate in Greece with the Antetokounmpo brothers. 4 kids born in Greece, been school in Greece, speaking Greek just like any other Greek and our "nazi's " often refers to them as Africans. Not even Nigerians ( and of course with other words that i am not gonna promote by this comment) . Noah doesn't get it or don't want to.

Is a black person in Canada an African American

Trevor Howard is very clever and I like his comedy. But I disagree about adding two things to be like like African-American or Caucasian American. If a black man says he's American and the white man says he's american there's a sameness in this respect we are alike. But as soon as you say African-American or Caucasian American there's something different about our interaction. In one case you are not opposed to each in the other case you could be.

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The French colonial policy in Africa was that of cultural assimilation, telling the Africans that their culture was inferior so must discard it to embrace French identity and culture, so it is plain to see where the ambassador gets his or her thinking.

When the black people of that french team bashed Trevor, it's time to reflect on himself. He acted like he claimed they were french from african lineage. It's wrong, he said the team wasnt french. Nothing more racist than this take.

I usually like Trevor Noah, but disagree with this video. The ambassador clearly wrote that roots are an individual reality. The players can be of African descent (which is a continent and not a monolith of culture), but they are french people. There are player of German and Italian descent and they dont have to prove they are french. No one calls South Africa's rugby or cricket teams european even though most of those players are white.

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I am not going to judge the French ambassador, but i am 💯 totally agree with Trevor. As a human being so many of us are so block in the way how we think. One thing we should learn is our family root, i am borne in Cambodia 🇰🇭 The root of my family is three nationality. My Ancestors is Cambodia Vietnam and Chinese, 200 or 300 year ago we are mixed up. And now my son born in Cambodia his father is French 🤣 but is my boy become World winner! French government not going to said only French 🤣 Need to put all🤣🤣🤣🤣 🇰🇭🇻🇳🇨🇳🇨🇵👍🤣🙏 However it is beautiful to see you both are open mind people, that's is beautiful to the world. Nowadays we need positive to educate our young generation. Respect and appreciation you both 🙏💚 and Trevor 🤣👍💚

FYI Africa is not a country. Educate yourself before you open you talk.

Only 2 players were born in France? Damn!!!

Africa is not a country please

Is all your lineage from America? Are African Americans then more African th n Americans? His perpective is from South Africa working in America. Those players are born in France. Period.

99%of France players are blacks and some of them was born in africa