SOS Racisme

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SOS Racisme
Black Blanc - Beur
Hands Off My Buddy
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Background

• SOS Racisme is a French anti-racist NGO
• Founded in 1984
• Has a Spanish counterpart, SOS Racismo

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Activities

• Has as main goal of fighting racial
  discrimination
• Offers support to immigrants and racial
  minorities facing discrimination

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Methods Research

• SOS Racisme uses testing as a method to expose
  racial discrimination by finding where racial
  double-standards may exist
• For example when applying for a job
• Leblanc Vs Dati

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Presidents of SOS Racisme

• Harlem Désir, 198492
• Fodé Sylla, 199299
• Malek Boutih, 19992003
• Dominique Sopo, 2003present

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General Information

• Its main slogan was Touche pas à mon pote.
• SOS-Racisme was initially the idea of Julien
  Dray, a député for the Parti Socialiste.
• At the peak of its popularity in the mid 1980s,
  SOS-Racisme enjoyed broad support amongst young
  French men and women of all ethnic origins and
  also that of the media

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General Information

• SOS-Racisme wore it multicultural appeal as a
  badge of pride
• However, SOS-Racisme's initial celebration of
  multicultural France was short-lived.

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