Amit Prakash

Amit Prakash is a visiting assistant professor of international and global studies at Middlebury College and the author of Empire on the Seine: The Policing of North Africans in Paris, 1925-1975.

French police officers detain a demonstrator in Paris on July 2, 2023.

France Has a Deep History of Racist Policing—Even if It Won’t Admit It France Has a Deep History of Racist Policing—Even if It Won’t Admit It

The recent protests sparked by the killing of a Black teenager are a response to a racist legacy that the French state virtually refuses to acknowledge.

Jul 7, 2023 / Amit Prakash

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