La Haine and Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity' is France's motto.

• France in the 18th century was a rich and populous country, but it had a systemic problem collecting taxes because of the way society was structured. 
• They had a system with kings and nobles now called the Ancient Regime. 
• This was bad because the people with money never paid taxes, this meant France got into debt and the King declared bankruptcy.
• After this crops got ruined which made food prices rise and people got hungry and angry. 
• The King then gathered a meeting which made others rebel when he didn't do what they wanted. People protested to get rid of the Ancient Regime. 
• The idea of the motto came about in the French Revolution so that everybody should be become free and equal individuals only bound together as brothers in the nation.
• Skip ahead and the irony of this motto is that it unfortunately seems to only exist if your white. 
• The emphasis on 'fraternity' and that you have to be the same (white) in order to be treated equal.
• Racism plays a major role in La Haine which reflects the motto of France and how they are contracting to what they believe in.
• Authorities should be treating everyone as equals not prioritising others because of the skin colour.
• Unfortunately this has been this way for centuries with this French Revolution making greed and power the root of France's ridiculous believes.
• Assimilation plays a key factor in La Haine and France's culture because other ethnicities and their cultures have to adapt to France's culture, such as the language barrier has to be adapted so that everyone speaks French, not their own language.
• La Haine demonstrates this as characters with different ethnic backgrounds all speak the same language. With the black and white filter, the film highlights just how much individuality has come under strain. It is hard to pick up on the individual characters and separating them race seems to be highlighted as the audience has to do this to.