The French president has faced increasing demands over the past two weeks to bring down statues and revisit other works of art that honor French historical figures involved in slavery and France’s colonial history amid protests against police brutality and racism. Similar movements in the U.S., Belgium and U.K. have toppled or defaced statues of such figures in their countries. Still, Macron notably recognized that some French citizens continue to face discrimination because of their race, in a country that bans racial statistics. “Our fight must continue … to fight against the fact that one’s name, address, skin colour still all too often reduce the equal opportunities everyone should have,” Macron said.
Protests in France Part 7
