The French Journey

« La réalité est que vivre aujourd’hui dans nos quartiers, c’est avoir plus de chances de vivre des situations d’abandon économique, de fragilisation psychologique, de discrimination à l’embauche et d’humiliations policières régulières »

(2002, Hamé, aka Mohamed Bourokba from La Rumeur)

(The reality is that living in our ghettos today increases chances of experiencing situations of economic abandon, psychological fragility, employment discrimination and regular police humiliation)

Following an eight-year-long trial, Hamé has finally had charges dropped on the grounds of freedom of expression. In 2002, he wrote a text decrying the French police’s brutality and expressed his concern over the allegedly heavy-handed  ”Sarkozyist” policies. Continue Reading

Just a quick, rough translation of an “article” from a French law to give you a taste of what legal French looks and reads like.

Code du travail
Labour/labor/work code

L1221-8 :
Le candidat à un emploi est expressément informé, préalablement à leur mise en oeuvre, des méthodes et techniques d’aide au recrutement utilisées à son égard.
The candidate for a job is expressly informed, prior to its implementation, of recruitment assistance methods and techniques used with respect to the candidate. Continue Reading