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France: How Can One Be Black in a Country Where Race Does Not Exist?

Wed, November 13, 2019

Dinner Program

Rokhaya Diallo

In France, race does not exist. French people are raised believing that there is only one race: the human race. Despite this belief, racial disparities operate at every level of French society, which creates a major contradiction. Rokhaya Diallo, an award-winning French journalist, will discuss how millions of Black French citizens reconcile their existence with the non-acknowledgment of their experience.

Rokhaya Diallo is a French journalist, writer, filmmaker, and activist for racial, gender, and religious equality. TV host and a pundit on several French and international networks, Diallo is also a contributor to several newspapers and magazines. She has produced and/or has directed TV and radio programs and documentaries including the award-winning Steps to Liberty. She has published Racism: a guide; France Belongs to Us; France: One and Multicultural, How to talk to kids about racism, Afro!; and a graphic novel Pari(s) d'Amies.

Ms. Diallo's Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by the department of Modern Languages and Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies.

Photo credit: Mario Epanya

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