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Tu ressembles à une juive
La France a une vieille tradition de racisme. Du Code noir à l'islamophobie contemporaine, la mise au ban de certaines populations a pris de multiples formes, souvent tragiques. Pour ma famille, ce fut le Statut des Juifs en 1940 qui marqua la plongée dans l'horreur et entraîna un sentiment d'aliénation durable.
" Attache tes cheveux sinon tu ressembles à une juive " : d'une assignation à être plus discrète, à me conformer à une certaine norme physique, je ferai la focale de ce récit. En tant que femme, en tant qu'enfant d'une famille juive rescapée mais aussi en tant qu'écrivaine des banlieues, des minorités, des marges, le clivage pervers entre la lutte contre l'antisémitisme et les autres luttes antiracistes me choque. Il produit des effets politiques et électoraux désastreux. Il est au service de toutes les oppressions.
" Attache tes cheveux sinon tu ressembles à une juive " : d'une assignation à être plus discrète, à me conformer à une certaine norme physique, je ferai la focale de ce récit. En tant que femme, en tant qu'enfant d'une famille juive rescapée mais aussi en tant qu'écrivaine des banlieues, des minorités, des marges, le clivage pervers entre la lutte contre l'antisémitisme et les autres luttes antiracistes me choque. Il produit des effets politiques et électoraux désastreux. Il est au service de toutes les oppressions.
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108 pages, Paperback
Published January 9, 2020
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May 10, 2020
Essai intéressant sur l'antisémitisme, et plus largement le racisme, aujourd'hui en France. Je reste frustrée que le livre ne choisisse pas de creuser un peu plus la veine intime (les passages qui racontent l'expérience personnelle de l'autrice sont réussis) ou le manifeste pour une identité juive athée, intellectuelle, qu'elle ébauche par moments mais qui restent survolés.
July 2, 2021
J'ai eu du mal hein! Mais je ne sais pas pourquoi. Il est pourtant à la fois court et enrichissant. C'est un ouvrage qui se travaille et que je ne suis pas capable de lire d'une traite. Je conseille
November 6, 2022
A short personal essay/manifesto that links racism and antisemitism, and calls to stand up against both.
As an atheist, non-practicing Jew she struggles with her identity. But she links hiding her Jewish roots (ie not telling students, largely black) to her grandparents hiding theirs as a means of survival.
Similarly most of her students are French, born in France, yet are treated as outsiders to elite French society.
Even symbolically the oppression of Jews and Blacks are linked. At Drancy, La Muette - where Jews were held before deportation - has not been destroyed and now houses mainly Black people.
When those in power stir up anti Islamic sentiment, often around the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, its repercussions in day-to-day life are felt mainly between poor neighbours where religious Muslims and Jews live side-by-side. (“…fueling Islamophobia contributes to a reactive anti-Semitism”).
Furthermore “…claims of "anti-white" racism, favored by the Rassemblement national (an antisemitic organisation) are a means to assert white ascendancy and to separate Jewish concerns from those of "racialized" groups”.
At the time this was written both Bolsonaro and Trump were in power and she says it’s imperative we no longer hide and hold each other back.
As an atheist, non-practicing Jew she struggles with her identity. But she links hiding her Jewish roots (ie not telling students, largely black) to her grandparents hiding theirs as a means of survival.
Similarly most of her students are French, born in France, yet are treated as outsiders to elite French society.
Even symbolically the oppression of Jews and Blacks are linked. At Drancy, La Muette - where Jews were held before deportation - has not been destroyed and now houses mainly Black people.
When those in power stir up anti Islamic sentiment, often around the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, its repercussions in day-to-day life are felt mainly between poor neighbours where religious Muslims and Jews live side-by-side. (“…fueling Islamophobia contributes to a reactive anti-Semitism”).
Furthermore “…claims of "anti-white" racism, favored by the Rassemblement national (an antisemitic organisation) are a means to assert white ascendancy and to separate Jewish concerns from those of "racialized" groups”.
At the time this was written both Bolsonaro and Trump were in power and she says it’s imperative we no longer hide and hold each other back.
December 26, 2021
Se lit très rapidement et facilement, remet les points sur les i concernant le racisme et l’antisémitisme avec une nuance rare et précieuse à ces sujets…
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