At the feast of humanity, a divided left | EUROtoday

MIn September, the sociology of the RER C Change: Parisians, tote luggage on the shoulder, bananas in shoulder and glitter on the face, rush into the oars. Direction Brétigny station, to go to the Fête de l’Humanité, organized on base 217 of Plessis-Pâté (Essonne). The common passengers cease earlier than. They are nearly all “racialized” – to make use of intersectional terminology – in reverse of this “Boboïse” crowd.

On arrival, we acknowledge the face of Houria Bouteldja, this essayist who writes that the sight of a kid with a kippah is “the prelude of his inner ruin”. “We have to put ourselves on the rails of victory!” », She slips to Louisa Yousfi, member of the media Words of honor. Other individuals chat with one another, quips …