Just what they didn’t need in Paris in the run up to the Olympics.

Reported to be a gang of "African Men". The victim didn't speak French and it appears that the alleged perpetrator didn't speak English otherwise he would have worked out she was IDing him in English.
 
motorbiking said:
Reported to be a gang of "African Men". The victim didn't speak French and it appears that the alleged perpetrator didn't speak English otherwise he would have worked out she was IDing him in English.
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I will still wait for the outcome before jumping to any conclusions.
 
I suspect there will be no ethnicity of those responsible released. It's illegal in France to collect and release ethnicity data.

French constitutional law, which embraces equality as a founding principle, prohibits the state from collecting data about race, ethnicity or religion, and French culture is deeply averse to the legitimacy of racial identity. France is thus, in American parlance, officially "color-blind."
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Why France Needs to Collect Data on Racial Identity... In a French Way

French constitutional law, which embraces equality as a founding principle, prohibits the state from collecting data about race, ethnicity or religion, and French culture is deeply averse to the legitimacy of racial identity. France is thus, in American parlance, officially "color-blind." But in...
repository.uclawsf.edu repository.uclawsf.edu

Race is such a taboo term that a 1978 law specifically banned the collection and computerized storage of race-based data without the express consent of the interviewees or a waiver by a state committee.
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www.brookings.edu

Race Policy in France

Race Policy in France, Erik Bleich
www.brookings.edu www.brookings.edu

The concept of ‘ethnic and racial minority’ as such is not used in France.
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link.springer.com

The Choice of Ignorance: The Debate on Ethnic and Racial Statistics in France

A researcher or a journalist trying to compare the situation of ethnic and racial minorities in the United States and in France immediately confronts a crippling obstacle. The concept of ‘ethnic and racial minority’ as such is not used in France. This is...
link.springer.com link.springer.com
 
Mrs Doubtfyre said:
I suspect there will be no ethnicity of those responsible released. It's illegal in France to collect and release ethnicity data.


Why France Needs to Collect Data on Racial Identity... In a French Way

French constitutional law, which embraces equality as a founding principle, prohibits the state from collecting data about race, ethnicity or religion, and French culture is deeply averse to the legitimacy of racial identity. France is thus, in American parlance, officially "color-blind." But in...
repository.uclawsf.edu repository.uclawsf.edu


www.brookings.edu

Race Policy in France

Race Policy in France, Erik Bleich
www.brookings.edu www.brookings.edu


link.springer.com

The Choice of Ignorance: The Debate on Ethnic and Racial Statistics in France

A researcher or a journalist trying to compare the situation of ethnic and racial minorities in the United States and in France immediately confronts a crippling obstacle. The concept of ‘ethnic and racial minority’ as such is not used in France. This is...
link.springer.com link.springer.com
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If anyone should know, it would be you would seeing as you live there!
 
motorbiking said:
Reported to be a gang of "African Men". The victim didn't speak French and it appears that the alleged perpetrator didn't speak English otherwise he would have worked out she was IDing him in English.
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Reported by whom, or where?
Press releases? :rolleyes:

Or is just you spreading disinformation?
 
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