We wear the masks
The TV series “Watchmen” deserves credit for how it put unsung elements of black history into mainstream culture.
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Grégory Pierrot
Grégory Pierrot teaches African American literature at the University of Connecticut.
Will the colonized ever speak?
New French film on decolonization in Africa and Asia incapable of avoiding the Eurocentrism the filmmakers wanted to steer clear of.
Everything ends with a song
The author, French: “When the game is over in Russia, I’ll go play another at the field down the street. I’ll find a song to sing on the way.”
Cette équipe tue les fascistes
en ce moment, le plus français de tous les français est un gamin noir d’origine algérienne et camerounaise nommé Kylian Mbappé.
Fear of a Black France
You want to troll French fascists? Tell them the truth: the most French man in the world right now is a black kid called Kylian Mbappé.
Rio sur Seine
When Germany played Brazil in the 2002 World Cup final, who would French fans in Paris root for?
Ghetto defendants
If the French now have regular, public discussions about race, we have to thank black members of its men’s national football team.
Game of Chicken
Reliving the epic quarterfinal match between reigning European football champions, France, and 1983 Copa America runners-up, Brazil, at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.