A White Race Blindness?

Sarah Mazouz (1)

1 CERAPS - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales - UMR 8026

Drawing on observations and on interviews conducted in a préfecture and in a municipalité of the Paris periphery, this article analyzes how republican universalism operates as a "particularizing" tool enacting Whiteness. Starting from the paradoxical situation in which White state officials are reluctant to engage with the notion of racial discrimination

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Sarah Mazouz. A White Race Blindness?. French Politics, Culture & Society, 2021, 39 (2), pp.116-135. ⟨10.3167/fpcs.2021.390206⟩. ⟨hal-03356987⟩