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niggazinmoscow:

Mamoudou Gassama, a 22-year old Black man from Mali, without hesitation

scaled four stories of a Paris building to save a toddler facing certain death. Mamoudou is an undocumented immigrant. He knew getting caught would mean deportation. 

But instead, France has a new hero. President Macron thanked him, granted him French citizenship plus a job at the French fire brigade.

Shout out to Mamoudou Gassama!

👑 Truly Amazing Indeed! 👑

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As amazing as this is and as much as I think we should celebrate how heroic and selfless Mamoudou is, it makes me sad that immigrants and refugees are expected to literally be superheroes to be treated with compassion by a lot of people. Having spent time working in the camp in Calais, it is an extremely divisive issue in France. We weren’t allowed to tell local people where we worked because volunteers had their cars set on fire. Children had to watch their homes being torched in front of them. Property was illegally seized by police because they know refugees and illegal immigrants have no one to complain to. It just frustrates me that there’s such a high expectation on immigrants compared to the general population. The bar to be treated with basic human kindness is so much higher when it involves people who weren’t born in that country or don’t have the resources to legally seek citizenship.