But the vicious racist attacks on the justice minister, Christiane Taubira, who is black, would have been unthinkable in past decades. And, throughout Europe, the loss of taboos and the belief that anything can be said – and anyone insulted – has led to an increase in racist incidents that are only superficially isolated.
当然，像法国这样的国家不会回到20世纪30年代的政治状态，不仅是因为法国人对1940年的军事和道德崩溃记忆犹新。但对黑人司法部长托比拉（Christiane Taubira）的恶毒的种族主义攻击在过去几十年是不可想象的。此外，在整个欧洲，禁忌的缺失以及人为事事可评论、人人可攻讦的观念导致了种族主义事件的增加，尽管从表面上看无不是孤立事件。