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Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2021

The impossibility of citizenship for racialized inhabitants of marginalized neighborhoods in France

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Racism in France is less articulated in terms of black and white identities than it is in the United States, rather it is articulated in terms of who can be French or not. In this paper I deal with racist mechanisms in France that reduce racialized inhabitants of marginalised social housing neighborhoods to second class citizen status. I give ample attention to participants’ experiences of othering and how this complicates their substantive citizenship in France, by which I mean that they are not considered as French. In order to be considered as French they have to give up their cultural difference, to be silent, invisible, and not disturb anyone, or disrupt. When racialized inhabitants vocalize their claims to rights, they are reminded of their visitor status in France and their statements are interpreted as ungrateful, aggressive, or illegitimate. When they get involved in activism and make their discontent visible in public space, through either violent or non-violent means, this is interpreted as disrespect for the Republic. Not being recognized as full French citizens means that racialized inhabitants cannot make the same claims as first-class citizens. Being denied the right to claim rights means being denied the possibility to address the issue of social and racial inequality in MSHN through political conflict.
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hal-03723660 , version 1 (15-07-2022)

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Claske Dijkema. The impossibility of citizenship for racialized inhabitants of marginalized neighborhoods in France. Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG), Aug 2021, London, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-03723660⟩
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