Régine Michelle Jean-Charles

Cognoscenti contributor

Régine Michelle Jean-Charles is associate professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and African and African Diaspora Studies at Boston College. She is the author of "Conflict Bodies: The Politics of Rape Representation in the Francophone Imaginary" and a board member of A Long Walk Home, Inc.

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France forward Kylian Mbappe, center, and forward Ousmane Dembele sign autographs during an official reception at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, Monday, July 16, 2018. France is readying to welcome home the national soccer team for a parade down the Champs-Elysees, where tens of thousands thronged after the team's 4-2 victory over Croatia Sunday. (Ludovic Marin/AP)

Can The World Cup Winners Be French And African? C'est Possible

The victory has sparked a debate about race, immigration and national identity -- and the myth of French color blindness, writes Régine Michelle Jean-Charles.

Cognoscenti

Jul 25, 2018

A Victory For Macron In France, But The Specter Of Racism Remains

Can the new president bring change to a country where intolerance is very much alive? asks Régine Michelle Jean-Charles.

Cognoscenti

May 8, 2017