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2021
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critical race theory Islamophobia France overseas racialization republican universalism Whiteness White supremacySujets proches
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Mathilde Cohen et al., « Introduction : A White Republic? Whites and Whiteness in France », French Politics, Culture & Society, ID : 10670/1.aragvd
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France is an overwhelmingly majority-White nation. Yet the French majority is reluctant to identify as White, and French social science has tended to eschew Whiteness as an object of inquiry. Inspired by critical race theory and critical Whiteness studies, this interdisciplinary special issue offers a new look at White identities in France. It does so not to recenter Whiteness by giving it prominence, but to expose and critique White dominance. This introduction examines the global and local dimensions of Whiteness, before identifying three salient dimensions of its French version: the ideology of the race-blind universalist republic; the past and present practice of French colonialism, slavery, and rule across overseas territories; and the racialization of people of Muslim or North African backgrounds as non-White.