Le Choc Des Préjugés: L'impasse Des Postures Sécuritaires Et Victimaires

by Caroline Fourest

Après avoir dressé la liste des préjugés qui polluent la vie sociale (ceux que la France de souche entretient à l'égard des jeunes des cités et ceux qui brouillent la vision qu'ont ces jeunes du pays qui est le leur et freinent leur intégration), l'auteure, qui travaille depuis des années à la fois sur la montée de l'extrême droite et sur l'intégrisme, les réfute un à un.

242 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Caroline Fourest est une essayiste et journaliste française, militante féministe et engagée en faveur de l'égalité, de la laïcité et des droits de l'homme. Elle est diplômée en histoire et en sociologie de l'EHESS, et est également titulaire d'un DESS de communication politique et sociale, obtenu à la Sorbonne. Elle y a étudié la communication de crise (réactions aux boycotts et aux rumeurs), à laquelle elle a consacré un livre : Face au boycott. Rédactrice en chef de la revue ProChoix, elle donne des cours à l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris. Elle est également chroniqueuse au Monde et à France Inter.

Reviews

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

A book written like a newspaper article. The writing is extremely local from any point of view. Meaning it is to be read by French people living in France some time around 2010. Which makes the whole work rather closed and provincial. Too bad.

The French newspaper style makes quite a dull style. The writing is verbose and the data is most of the time presented as percents. And these percents are presented in waves, not always meaning the same thing. Which makes me wonder if the authors are ignorant or just want real hard to reach the given conclusion.

The reasoning is also dubious. First section of the second part: "France is racist". The authors invent an emotional straw man. When (at least) some members of the minorities talk France, they mean the institutions of the state. The authors take the rabbit out of the hat and decide France "is the people". Quite a LePen (either daughter or father) statement! Than they start taking this straw man apart: no, not all the people are racist. Doh! On the fourth page (!) they concede: the seniors are mostly racist. And that anti-racism is part of the thinking only for the younger generations. I have no idea why, but the thought that older people are the ones who make the rules and regulations never crosses the authors' mind. The irony!

Than, the twist! The section is called "France is racist". 3 out of 7 pages are dedicated to show the reader that racism is also common even in countries where emigration to France is next to none, like Saudi Arabia.

The conclusion: this is a very necessary book. But written by somebody else.