Today’s French identity-politics divide derives from Cold War ideological debates.

Evidence

Rather than trying to pin everything on communautarisme, a more convincing explanation would be a longer-term political split dating back to the onset of the Cold War. The MRAP traces its lineage back to Mouvement national contre le racisme (MNCR), a clandestine wartime group set up by Communists to hide Jews and produce false papers. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 1359 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Soviet communism reframed Russia’s identity debate as Europe’s left-right argument; Cold War political lineage explains rivalries among French anti-racist organizations better than ethnicity. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 1359; Post-Cold War politics reconfigured itself along cultural identity lines. (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Cold War political lineage explains rivalries among French anti-racist organizations better than ethnicity. #corroborates (0.92) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 1359