RACISM IN THE US: Why France Has No Lessons To Give

LE BREAKDOWN With Yasser Louati

France may admire what’s going on in the US, but she ought to look at the racism on her own soil. In this discussion, Dr Maboula Soumahoro, lecturer in English and American Litterature at the University of Tours, gives her analysis on France’s fascination with events in the US but also on France’s hypocrisy when it comes to racism. We need to question hierarchies when they benefit us, precisely when they benefit us” Dr Maboula Soumahoro The continuous coverage of the racist murder of George Floyd has never been met with similar coverage of police brutality in the so called “banlieues” where Black and Arabs are the first targets of state violence. The latest studies by the France’s Defender of Rights demonstrated how the latter were 20 times more likely of being racially profiled and hence, 20 times more likely of being subjected to insults and physical violence. Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot TRC Beats http://www.trc-beats.com/