On the edge of diversity: Anti-Muslim racism and discrimination in white diversity spaces:
16 Jul 2021-French Cultural Studies (SAGE PublicationsSage UK: London, England)-Vol. 32, Iss: 3, pp 219-234
TL;DR: The authors traces the development over the last decades in France of anti-Muslim racism and discrimination within professional and organisational fields, and shows how, in the wake of 2004 law ban on Islam in France, it became worse.
Abstract: This article traces the development over the last decades in France of anti-Muslim racism and discrimination within professional and organisational fields. It shows how, in the wake of 2004 law ban...
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