Racist Letters Target Black Politicians in France

Several Black lawmakers in France have received racist letters, according to the hard-left France Unbowed party. The party condemned what it called entrenched discrimination in the country. This incident follows a surge of online abuse targeting Bally Bagayoko. Bagayoko is the recently elected mayor of Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris. Together, these events have intensified a national debate about racism in French public life. Critics point to a rising number of attacks against elected officials of color.