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Why is it racist? There are a number of cultural practices that we simply do not accept in Western Europe, even though they may be perfectly acceptable in other parts of the world.
Is FGM to be accepted simply out of cultural tolerance? No.
France is taking the lead in making efforts to shape the kind of society it wants- open, unsegregated, and free of religious custom interfering with the rights of women.
Just because a person claims that wearing a face covering is a healthy expression of cultural or religious identity this argument does not have to be accepted if the wider consequences to society are so negative.
There is nothing racist about encouraging the norms that make a society work well.

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