ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「In France, the children of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean have grown to identify themselves as Black in a country that doesn’t recognize racial or ethnic groups. Besides fueling heated debates over racism, the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody has underscored the emergence of a new way of thinking about race in the public discourse in France, a nation where discussion of race and religion has traditionally been muted in favor of elevating a colorblind ideal that all people share the same universal rights. Growing up in France, Maboula Soumahoro, above, never thought of herself as Black. At home, her immigrant parents stressed the culture of the Dioula, a Muslim ethnic group from Ivory Coast in West Africa. In her neighborhood, she identified herself as Ivorian to other children of African immigrants. It was only as a teenager — years after the discovery of Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, “The Cosby Show” and hip-hop made her “dream of being cool like African-Americans’’ — that she began feeling a racial affinity with her friends, she said. But even the Black French people who have been inspired by the United States also consider America to be a deeply flawed and violently racist society. In France, people of different backgrounds mix far more freely, and while Black people occupy fewer high-profile positions than in the United States, like all French citizens they enjoy universal access to education, health care and other services. “When I consider both countries, I’m not saying that one country is better than the other,” Maboula said. “For me, they’re 2 racist societies that manage racism in their own way.” Tap the link in our bio to read how many Black French who have gone through a racial awakening in recent decades are challenging France’s universalism. Photo by @andreamantovaniphotography」7月15日 3時15分