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Philippe Marlière, Professor in French and European Politics, UCL

French universalism sidelines ethnic minorities – why that must change

French MP Olivier Serva has urged his government to tackle discrimination against people with afro hair. In a recent interview on the national radio station France Info, he reportedly introduced plans to present a cross-party bill to parliament by appealing to the republic’s values of “liberty, equality, fraternity”.

He said:

This is about allowing everyone to be as they are and as they want to be, whether in it’s in the workplace or anywhere else.

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