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Stupid retards only marry white ppl cuz they're scared of making milat children your stake in the island’s richest economic network and increase your chances for a prosperous life. Because love does not always conform to economic reasoning, marrying outside the community is not completely unheard of. Furthermore, Franco-Mauritians are more conscious today of the racist connotations of their marriage politics and defend their marriage patterns by instead referring to class, which in theory leaves open the choice to marry ‘outside’ . In practice, however, it is still an anomaly, and not only because of the economic aspect. Love simply does not easily find its way outside the Franco-Mauritian community. Social life is strictly organised. For example, the community maintains several white-only sport and social clubs, like the Dodo Club. The national rugby team is virtually all-white, as the only islanders playing the sport are members of Franco-Mauritian clubs. A nightclub catering to Franco-Mauritian youngsters tends to refuse entrance to anyone else. In these ways, the ‘irrational’ facet of partner choice is eliminated by the limits of social life: the elite tend to date the elite. This guarantees ethnic separation and intensifies the high visibility of whiteness in an overwhelmingly non-white society which creates other problems.(Whole paragraph taken from "Still standing, the maintenance of a white elite in Mauritius" by Tijo Salverda PhD <ref>http://www.iias.nl/nl/45/IIAS_NL45_19.pdf</ref> <ref>http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110237/Population/Mauritian_Society/mauritian_society.html</ref>) |
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Revision as of 10:23, 31 July 2009
Franco-Mauritians are people of French origin who reside in Mauritius. They number more than 24,000.
Origins
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The Franco-Mauritians have remained the wealthiest population on the island, despite the Indo-Mauritian majority. The majority are still screened off from the general population, living in large house or mansions in the upper plateau, that is the Plaines-Wilhems and the Moka districts. However, there are now many middle-class Franco-Mauritians all over Mauritius.
Culture and Marriage
Stupid retards only marry white ppl cuz they're scared of making milat children your stake in the island’s richest economic network and increase your chances for a prosperous life. Because love does not always conform to economic reasoning, marrying outside the community is not completely unheard of. Furthermore, Franco-Mauritians are more conscious today of the racist connotations of their marriage politics and defend their marriage patterns by instead referring to class, which in theory leaves open the choice to marry ‘outside’ . In practice, however, it is still an anomaly, and not only because of the economic aspect. Love simply does not easily find its way outside the Franco-Mauritian community. Social life is strictly organised. For example, the community maintains several white-only sport and social clubs, like the Dodo Club. The national rugby team is virtually all-white, as the only islanders playing the sport are members of Franco-Mauritian clubs. A nightclub catering to Franco-Mauritian youngsters tends to refuse entrance to anyone else. In these ways, the ‘irrational’ facet of partner choice is eliminated by the limits of social life: the elite tend to date the elite. This guarantees ethnic separation and intensifies the high visibility of whiteness in an overwhelmingly non-white society which creates other problems.(Whole paragraph taken from "Still standing, the maintenance of a white elite in Mauritius" by Tijo Salverda PhD [2] [3])
Demographic factors
Most Franco-Mauritians are Roman Catholics.
However, an increasing number of the baby-boomers have drifted away from the religion which it perceives to be intransigent and inflexible to the reality of a changing world.
Notable Franco-Mauritians
- Paul Bérenger, former Prime Minister of Mauritius