France is officially 'colorblind.' But that belies the country's complicated history of policing, immigration, religion and national identity.
The drama based on an actual incident of police brutality is France’s official submission for international-feature Oscar consideration.outside Paris in which three teens — of Mauritanian, Tunisian and Turkish descent — ran when they saw a patrol car. Police were not looking for the teens but chased them anyway. Two were electrocuted to death while hiding in a high-voltage transformer. Their deaths triggered a massive uprising.
In the case of Mazouk, video shows an officer shot him as his car rolled away, which activists say means he was not a threat.described protesters — many of them young minorities — as “vermin” and “savage hordes.”American debates on racism are typically distinct from those on religion. In France, the two come together.
France’s uneasiness with Islam grew more acute after 2015, when Islamic extremists — angry that a satirical magazine published drawings depicting their prophet, a taboo in the faith — attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo and killed 12 people. Faced with those statistics and mounting public pressure, the government has started to acknowledge that the country has a problem with discrimination.Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announces a plan to fight racism, antisemitism and all discrimination, including against Roma.
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