Title :

Why French racial minorities do not mobilize more often. Disempowerment, tactical repertoires and soft repression of antiracist movements

Author(s) :

Talpin, Julien [Auteur]
Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026

Journal title :

Ethnic and racial studies

Abbreviated title :

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Pages :

1-22

Publisher :

Informa UK Limited

Publication date :

2022-02-14

English keyword(s) :

Antiracism
social movements
banlieue
misrecognition
discrimination
strategy

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique

English abstract : [en]

This article demonstrates why collective action remains a rare phenomenon among French racial minorities. Three factors – at individual, organizational and institutional level – have been identified. First, the investigation ...
Show more >This article demonstrates why collective action remains a rare phenomenon among French racial minorities. Three factors – at individual, organizational and institutional level – have been identified. First, the investigation reveals that despite feelings of racial injustice and identification expressed more frequently than previous research had indicated, French minorities demonstrate a strong mistrust of politics and collective action, distracting them from civic engagement. Then, the study over several years of eleven antiracist collectives in six cities indicates that their dominant repertoire of action is out of tune with the targeted public, mostly working-class. Finally, antiracist NGOs are subject to soft repression and channelling by institutions, which explains activists’ tactical choices, but limits their mobilization potential. This article is based on a survey comprising 160 semi-directive interviews with a diverse panel of French racial minorities and the ethnographic follow-up over several years of eleven antiracist collectives in six working-class towns in France.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Non spécifiée

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS

Collections :

• Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026

Submission date :

2022-12-07T09:31:00Z
2022-12-07T10:25:52Z
2022-12-07T10:36:51Z