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World Cup 2018: The Black and White and Brown Faces of Les Bleus | The New Yorker
'In 2005, the philosopher and public intellectual Alain Finkielkraut remarked, “People say that everyone admires the French team, because it’s black-white-Arab. '
'The team came to embody a national idea: “Black, Blanc, Beur,” or black, white, Arab, a slogan meant to celebrate an integrated France. '
'His teammates quickly swarmed him, black, white, and brown arms embracing, their jerseys creating a single coalescing cascade of dark blue. '
'I first watched the French national team play twenty years ago, in the 1998 World Cup, and I was drawn in by faces that looked like mine. '
'In France, it is illegal for the government to collect data on the race and ethnicity of the country’s citizens. '
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'In 2005, the philosopher and public intellectual Alain Finkielkraut remarked, “People say that everyone admires the French team, because it’s black-white-Arab. '
'The team came to embody a national idea: “Black, Blanc, Beur,” or black, white, Arab, a slogan meant to celebrate an integrated France. '
'His teammates quickly swarmed him, black, white, and brown arms embracing, their jerseys creating a single coalescing cascade of dark blue. '
'I first watched the French national team play twenty years ago, in the 1998 World Cup, and I was drawn in by faces that looked like mine. '
'In France, it is illegal for the government to collect data on the race and ethnicity of the country’s citizens. '
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