Product DescriptionAbout 337 000 French people of West Indian origin living in metropolitan France today. Unlike immigrants from North Africa, Turkey or sub-Saharan Africa, the West Indians are French citizens with deep roots in French history. In fact, from the Caribbean islands have been part of France for more than three centuries. West Indians were for many years an invisible population, dispersed throughout the Paris region, which few organizations in the community and political activism soon. Since the 1980s, however, activists in the West Indian community began to recognize that their status as citizens are not protected from the rise of racism in France. From neighborhood groups interested in promoting M. traditional. . More>>
Black Skins, French Voices: Caribbean Ethnicity And Activism In Urban France