Behind sketch of black MP in shackles, a French failure to confront slave legacy
France 24 Issued on: 31/08/2020 – 22:23
A row over a right-wing magazine depicting a black lawmaker as a slave in shackles has cast a stark light on the toxic – and largely unspoken – legacy of slavery in France, a country more accustomed to discussing its abolitionist past than the lucrative slave trade it took part in.
En quoi l’idéologie coloniale influence-t-elle encore le racisme anti-Noirs aujourd’hui?
propos recueillis par Salomé Vincendon pour bfmtv.com. le 18/06/2020 à 17:09
Anti racism protests expose myth of colour blind republic
France 24. Issued on: 10/06/2020 – 13:03