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“Blackface” in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre: emotion and incomprehension around the three high school students from Sainte-Céline

2024-03-14T19:05:30.957Z

Highlights: Three high school students from Sainte-Céline. won their school's carnival costume competition. They have since received death threats. “The city is dirty. On social media, they say the city is racist. There are Arabs, blacks and whites here and we all live well together. » It's Amine*, offended, who spontaneously says this to the mayor of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre (Seine-et-Marne)


Last Thursday, they won their school's carnival costume competition. They have since received death threats


“The city is dirty.

On social media, they say the city is racist.

There are Arabs, blacks and whites here and we all live well together.

» It's Amine*, offended, who spontaneously says this to the mayor of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre (Seine-et-Marne).

This Thursday noon, with his two friends, he came to see what was happening at the Sainte-Céline college-high school.

All three are educated in other establishments.

They learned of the affair through social networks.

And they were able to engage in a courteous conversation with the mayor, Ugo Pezzetta (DVD), who also came to see what was happening and chat with the journalists.

Let's get back to the matter at hand.

It dates back to Thursday March 7.

Like every year, in this private Catholic educational establishment under association contract with the State, all students, from elementary to high school, participate in the school carnival.

Three second-year students dressed up as Black people, with dark makeup on their faces.

They wore a turban on their heads, were dressed in a robe and held a large staff.

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Source: leparis

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