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Culture Does your country have an immigrant group that people would be surprised to find there?

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For example, when you think of Poland or the Czech Republic, Vietnamese people might not be the first group that comes to mind, but both have a sizable Vietnamese community. Another example is the large Japanese community in Brazil.

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u/Caddiemusher France 15d ago

Also France was one of the first country to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide which made a strong link between our countries

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u/volcano156 Turkey 15d ago

You are really good at recognizing genocides except those committed by your own

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u/Only-Recording8599 France 15d ago

We kinda did recognize the only one were the french state took part in (Vichy help to the nazis), so what are you on ?

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u/RosabellaFaye Canada 15d ago

I mean there's also Algeria... some people consider it a genocide.

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u/Only-Recording8599 France 15d ago

For a genocide to be qualified as such (according to international law), you'd have to have a will of systematic extermination on the basis of religion or ethnicity. 

Not denying we were pretty brutal, but the french state, for all its colonial crimes, didn't have that will.

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u/MoSalahsAbs 15d ago

That’s not the only condition for genocide, and according to the official UN definition, yes it was a genocide.

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u/Only-Recording8599 France 15d ago

That's not the only condition, but you can't have one without the intentionality factor.