Let's talk about women and race (in France), with Rokhaya Diallo and Lindsey Tramuta
In conversation with Pamela DruckermanWhy is race such a complicated topic in France? How are women in particular affected? How does the myth of the Parisian woman — inevitably white, lithe, ever fashionable — differ from the diverse female faces shaping the French capital today? Where does this myth come from, anyway?
Rokhaya Diallo is a prominent French journalist, TV presenter, author and antiracist activist who cofounded the NGO Les Indivisibles. Her books include Racisme: mode d’emploi (Ordinary Racism Shorts) and Ne reste pas à ta place! (Don’t Try To Fit In!). She’s at work on a documentary about la Parisienne.
Lindsey Tramuta is the American author of the forthcoming book The New Parisienne: the Women & Ideas Shaping Paris. She also wrote the bestseller The New Paris, and she’s a regular contributor to the New York Times and Condé Nast Traveler. She lives in Paris.
Pamela Druckerman is the author of five books, including the forthcoming rhyming picture book for children Paris by Phone.
