In his speech in Nice on June 14, 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron declared “I will be very clear tonight. The Republic won’t erase any name from its history. It will forget none of its art works, it won’t take down statues.” France, like other countries has been affected by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which has ignited protests in France, a country already troubled by lack of integration of nonwhite and Muslim immigrants from former colonies. The protests focus not only on the death of Floyd but also on the death of a young 26-year-old man of Mali background, Adama Traore, who died on July 19, 2016 of asphyxiation while in police custody. Large protests have taken place with participants holding signs to stop police violence, and some echoing the U.S. in “taking the knee,” and holding an eight-minute silence. Thousands rallied in the Place de la Republique and climbed the statue there of Marianne, who personifies the...(Read Full Article)