The insults descending from the stands were vicious, rude and racist, but not unusual. “I’ve got the African in check.” “Filthy Black.” “Calm down, this is not a housing project here!” Awa Diakite, a rugby player from the Paris suburb club of Bobigny, described on social media the racist remarks that left her and many of her teammates in shock …
Struggling French football club Angers said that its headquarters were raided by police on Tuesday as part of a large-scale investigation involving several clubs. The preliminary probe by the Bobigny prosecutor’s office, in the Paris region, aims at verifying information relating to dozens of individuals from outside the club, Angers said in a statement on Wednesday. Angers said that its …
In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, agonising reflections on race have spread far beyond the United States. Christiane Taubira, who was the first Black woman named justice minister in France, serving from 2012 to 2016, said that a “structural discrimination” has prevented non-White minorities from finding their place in French society. “In France, they want us to stay locked …
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