The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is denying comments he made last week were racist. Borrell called Europe “a garden” and most of the world a “jungle” that “could invade the garden.”
Borrell has apologized, saying:
“The growth of this lawless world and disorder is what I meant when talking about the ‘jungle.’ My reference to ‘jungle’ has no racist, cultural or geographical connotation. Indeed and unfortunately, the ‘jungle’ is everywhere, including in Ukraine. We must take this trend seriously and that was my message to the students.”
Rula Jebreal, an award-winning journalist and visiting professor spoke with Roland Martin about the rise of racism and bigotry in Europe and America during Wednesday’s edition of Roland Martin Unfiltered.
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You have to live in the Garden of Green surrounded by sea & wildlife. With housing for all and a leader that stands up and is willing to die for his people.
That is what Europe stole through genocide enslavement and rape. The struggle is not over in South America same thing happening again. 1492 matter because they want to make us disappear, for corrupt greed of power. They are willing to destroy this Planet & its people for it. The Sin of Cane against his brother Able. Stand up and keep calling it out until they listen. One Planet Earth & one Race Human.
I'm not a racist but these mexicans are taking you black folk jobs and they don't like you.
I am glad that you are looking at what is happening in Europe with the rise of fascist groups and the leadership of governments in Sweden Italy, Hungary, Belarus, Poland, and Russia. Black Americans need to be aware that we have our counterparts in every country in Europe and some of them are catching hell. I've read that much of this ethno-nationalism is being pushed by Putin, who wants this world view for his Eurasian empire, whenever he achieves it. He is fueling lot of the racism, trying to sow disunity, confusion, and chaos in democratic states in an attempt to cause them to implode and go for the authoritarian model instead.
I love this lady ,she is knowledgable and wise . No wonder those fascist devils hate and attack her .
That garden will soon turn into hell the way it's going . Thank lord we don't live in that shit hole
Roland is in favor of Open borders.and Mass immigrantion.foh
DISLOYAL F.
I don't disagree with him, as inflammatory as it might be. How many people are flocking to Africa? how many are flocking to South America, the middle east, India, etc. No one is getting on rickety boats to get to Liberia. There is not one indisputably first world African country, yet there are countless successful, first world countries in Europe. Black and Brown countries suck because we don't build anything. We don't have a critical mass of builders and thinkers. If there was a prosperous African country, and millions of whites from failed European countries were trying to get in, I'd certainly oppose it as well. All you are doing is spreading a failed culture, and recreating those very same failures on top of someone else's "garden". I can care less about Europe, but he is right and I want black people to be successful, and maybe we can some day, dictate to the Europeans.
Once again, Josep Borrell, similar to Ed Young, is the administrator of white solidarity. Martin has written in his book about this white supremacy move. Within Roland's clip, he shows Borrell make an argument supporting colocalization. I can't entirely agree with Journo Rula Jebreal; Borrell knows exactly what he is saying and does not care. This is not about fear of whites; this is about hate.
I love Journo, but in most of the United States is just as racist.
They are worried about Brown people in Europe and think Christianity needs to be upheld. I mean Jesus Christ was definitely brown being born in the middle east.
Dang! I better not go to Italy at this moment. Would not submit my paper to any Italian conference.
When he speaks of the jungle, wolves, this Man, and people who think like him should look in the mirror!🪞😳There's the wolves right there!!!
He must forget how white men had to go to Africa with their guns and kidnapped Africans to build America and how France still use Africans to run their country! It wouldn’t be no Europe or America without colonialism and slavery !
Why would they call rula the N word she's not black!?!
This woman is on point…..she speaks truth to power. My aunt echoed these words to me years ago !!!!!
Its going to take all people around the world to push back!!!!
Just like when George Floyd's death was spoken out against around the world!!!!!! PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WAKE UP TO THE BIG PLOT!!!!!!💯💯💯💯💯
Rula speaks facts, brilliant speaker, and she is so good looking.
What about the abused twins?
This world would be a much better place without these racist who think they are christian
The rest of the world is a jungle he said. Yet, they who are from their gardens can't stay away from the jungles. They steal from the jungle to make their gardens look good. Without the jungles, their gardens would be dead. Garden my foot, enough is enough.
In 1969 5%of Africa was jungle. Civilization started in Africa. Adam and Eve were African. The ancient Egyptians were mostly African(black). Look at the pharoahs with full lips and broken noses to hide the African features. Ancient Nubia which is now Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt. Look at biblical scholar Dr Catherine Roeder Africans in the bible.
Slavery by some Europeans were barbaric, evil, and demonic. Colonialism was barbaric and evil.
It's a garden alright , built on top of over 500million skeletons of it's citizens murdered by European war against itself , So In a sense I guess this old racist is right ,in that dead bodies will provide fertilizer for a garden .
How long will the war weary people of Europe allow those in control to involve them in war after war after war .As to the other item White people or. Europeans have migrated to lands all around the world taken over the lands of others and claimed it as their own . There will never be a time when White people will ever become a majority population in the world .As you move into other countries other people are moving into yours . There is one human race !
Europe is that garden which was made by the loot of world
My dear friend, I would like to point out that EU may be garden now becoz Gardner robbed of all of the resources of the Forest. With out Forest there won't be life on this planet and with Garden alone, even butterflies can't survive for more than 24 hours. The person who commented that EU is a garden is ignorant of life cycle. All that education that went into him just a junk.🤥
Please have Rula Jebreal on again. She is intelligent and articulate. Thank you Roland.
Isn't Europe a garden because of all the wealth they stolen, and continue to steal from Africa? Oh yeah, it is! Europe steals every damn thing! They don't have the resources to back up a damn thing.
I'm not here to judge therefore for the racist and ignorance get over yourself and stop living the past
Thank you Mr. Martin for the positive outcome
A never knew you could grow a garden on stone lmao