Stuart Hall (1932-2014)The Jamaican-born cultural theorist summed up the 2000s as one of the biggest challenges facing France and modern Western societies. The big question that Hall wanted to address was how countries like France, which are becoming ever more culturally diverse, will welcome diversity. The most recent example of how Europe is undermining human rights is a case in point. Miaheal O’Flaherty, the European commissioner for human rights, hit the nail on the head in an Op-Ed piece. In the pursuit of ever stricter migration policies, the human rights protections that Europe was founded to uphold are increasingly treated as disposable.”