Pieds noirs actually wanted economic privilege, not formal French Algeria

Evidence

The pieds noirs were never strictly honest, even to themselves, as to what they really wanted. Despite all the brouhaha, it was not Algérie française; what the majority wanted was a pied noir Algeria, ranging between South Africa at its best and its worst, but under the umbrella of French protection. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1652

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels white settler societies later seen in Rhodesia, as the author notes. — connects to: Je vous ai compris carried implicit racial equality that eventually insulted the pieds noirs; The pieds noirs, not Muslims, triggered the events sealing Algérie française’s fate; Pieds noirs never honestly wanted Algérie française but a protected white-ruled Algeria (+3 more)

Related

• Pieds noirs never honestly wanted Algérie française but a protected white-ruled Algeria (similarity 0.95)
• The pieds noirs, not Muslims, triggered the events sealing Algérie française’s fate (similarity 0.86)
• The pieds noirs misread ‘Je vous ai compris’ as endorsing their cause (similarity 0.85)
• Je vous ai compris carried implicit racial equality that eventually insulted the pieds noirs (similarity 0.85)
• Algerians credited France’s Algerian achievements as benefiting French settlers, not natives. (similarity 0.85)
• Pied noirs justified Frenchness by blood shed in two world wars (similarity 0.84)
• Pieds noirs and metropolitan French spoke different political languages. (similarity 0.84)
• French settlers never exceeded thirteen percent of Algeria’s population (similarity 0.83)
• Pieds noirs most closely resembled whites of South Africa and Rhodesia (similarity 0.82)
• Pied noir soldiers balked at shooting Muslim demonstrators to save Algérie française (similarity 0.82)
• Pied noir survival in Algeria was untenable even without O.A.S. violence (similarity 0.82)
• Pied noir loyalty to France rested on war service they felt earned full Frenchness (similarity 0.82)
• Most Algerian colons were not ethnically French at all. (similarity 0.82)
• Pied noir racism toward Algerians was rooted in indifference rather than overt hatred (similarity 0.81)
• French aid unintentionally accelerated Muslim economic competition against pieds noirs. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Algerians credited France’s Algerian achievements as benefiting French settlers, not natives. #corroborates (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 189