An interesting story about France's latest wake-up call on racism. The stories are what you might have expected in the US a few decades ago. One story reminded me of a friend here (who used to support the ridiculous "we're all equal under the law so we don't need affirmative action) also changed his name to "Laurent" to help his chances with jobs searches. Time to move forward.
When Lylia Kateb's French manager introduced her recently to the big boss, he added reassuringly: "But don't worry, she's a decent person." Despite being an Arab, was the implication.
Lylia's tale of the slights faced as a young French woman of North African descent -- even as a trained engineer -- was one of hundreds of accounts of everyday racism mailed in to Le Monde newspaper last week.
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