It's well nigh impossible to enact change in academia, esp in France. You're oft one peripheralised disruptor, antagonising multiple constituencies concurrently. Declining invites to all-white panels/manels works to discredit your expertise despite having been invited for your specialism. 1/3
May 10, 2025 09:43As E Borne (edu min) discusses earmarking seats (quota) for women students in sciences, the question of 'merit' (or white manly merit) is repeatedly interjected in reactionary debates. The same 'merit' denied to negatively racialised folk in FR academia, in a stranglehold of whiteness. 2/3
White girlbosses discuss social transformation and smashing glass ceilings, alluding to gender justice with no mention of racial justice. The shifting category of 'merit' then being attributed to them, somehow.
However, let me be clear: Gender justice cannot materialise without racial justice. 3/3
