Push the Retraction Up

Submitted by Wayne (Iceland), Jan 20, 2015 at 00:33

CMD, thanks for your comment. I'm a young(ish) American and veteran that recently finished a master's at Sciences Po Paris. Although I appreciate the retraction, it is imperative that it is pushed to the top of this item. Paris is a large, dense, and diverse metropolis with issues exacerbated by relative poverty and inequality, but labeling any area inside the city as a no-go area is either ignorant or dishonest. The relative issues of Paris with crime and violence are exponentially lower than just about any comparable city in the United States.

This type of disinformation is not only foolish, but dangerous. I read and watch in horror as the American Ignorance Machine uses this phrase to describe a phenomenon that does not exist here.

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