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It’s hard being black in France, says Omar Sy after Aya Nakamura racism row

Omar Sy
Omar Sy, one of France’s most popular celebrities, has released a book in which he discusses growing up in the Paris banlieue. Photograph: Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images

The French actor Omar Sy, the star of the hit Netflix series Lupin, has said France must move away from the individualism that is fragmenting society and rebuild a sense of the collective if it is to hold back the far right.

In a series of media interviews to promote a new book about his life, Sy said the notions of justice, equality and fraternity had been shaken, and it was hard to be a black person in France.

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