« S’il est vrai qu’il y ait des races... » Les notions de « race » et de « race juive » chez les militants antiracistes des années 1930

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“And if races really existed ...” Notions of Race and “the Jewish Race” among Militant Antiracists in the 1930sFounded at the end of the 1920s, the Ligue internationale contre l’antisémitisme (LICA) invented militant antiracism in France. Denouncing anti-Jewish attacks in its first years of existence, activists from this organization rapidly affirmed their desire to combat all forms of racism. The 1930s, which constitute the chronological focus of this article, were also a decade in which racialist thinking dominated : its influence weighed on ideas, discourses, and slogans forged by these activists as well as the representations of sympathizers who stood with them. Notions of race and more specifically a Jewish race thus occupied a central place in the activism of this organization. The usage of such notions–albeit intended to fight racism–nonetheless give rise to certain ambiguities and even contradictions.