THE MEDIA: FEAR, EXOTICISM, MISERY AND BIAS

FEAR, THE RIGHT'S STOCK IN TRADE  

Le Figaro, the main conservative daily / zoom

"The owner of the Barbès kiosk closes definitively after an aggression" 

• Electoral poster of the xenophobic National Rally

"The choice of security"

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Exoticism and misery, issues on the left

• "With the marabouts of Barbès" 

• Barbès, lost girls' city, podcast and written summary (in French)

• Streetpress:

"In the documentary series Rixes, Adama Camara, a militant, rapper and former prisoner, meets youth and families whose lives have been overturned by gang warfare. Find six episodes here."

"We need to hear forgotten voices to fight against the incomprehension and caricature of our lives." (Internet monthly, in French)

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"On the traces of African Paris":* The Office of Tourism views the Château Rouge market:

*A message for Parisians when covid kept the usual visitors away

A Black couple wears expensive gear: 

In 15 years of visiting La Goutte d'Or,

I have seen one person dressed that way. 

 By suggesting a middle-class ambiance,

the photo and write-up ignore the different energy.

To be continued.

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