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Accusations of discrimination based on statistics: the false evidence

9/14/2020, 6:58:55 PM


ANALYSIS - The simplistic interpretation of certain statistics in order to convince of the importance of discrimination in France is inspired more by activism and passion than by a scientific approach, argues the author, sociologist, X-Mines and research director at CNRS.

Philippe d'Iribarne is the author, in particular, of “The Logic of Honor.

Business management and national traditions ”(Seuil, 1989),“ L'Étrangeté française ”(Seuil, 2006) and, more recently,“ Islamophobie.

Ideological intoxication ”(Albin Michel, 2019).

The assertion is repeated over and over again: “minorities” are victims of discrimination in France.

Statistics are put forward to support this statement.

Numerous testings show that those who differ from the majority population by their skin color or religion have a harder time finding a job or housing, and have a much higher probability of being screened. identity.

In addition, despite everything that separates the French and American cases, we often see in our country, the fact that in the United States the rate of blacks killed by the police in four years (2015-2019) has was 31 per million compared to only 13 per million for whites.

The French government, convinced

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