Title: African immigrant families in another France
Description: "Immigrant incorporation is a critical challenge for France and other European societies today. Sub-Saharan African immigrant families experience 'Another France.' Racialization is inherent in the immigration process for African migrants, and a low immigrant status is granted, limiting their employment and social integration, and often irrespective of their qualifications or citizenship documents. First and second generation African youth report being, 'French on the inside, African on the out,' because they hold a French mentality, but are continually put into an 'other' category. The 'power of skin' accords this status of 'immigrant other' which infiltrates all social interaction. Further, the practices of a French universalism and secularism taken together have become a straightjacket and 'ostrich policy' for France. "--
Subjects: Africans, Cultural assimilation, Immigrants, Emigration and immigration, Race discrimination, Race relations, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Immigrants, africa
Places: France, Africa