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...There’s a downside to this surfeit of temerity, however. When minority groups have their religious and cultural identities sidelined by policies geared at preserving laïcité, the result can be paradoxical; a retreat into the very ethnic and religious communities that French politicians so fear. Defenders of the headscarf ban are quick to point to private parochial schools as alternatives for those pupils who are unable to comply for religious reasons. But marginalizing into separate schools the very individuals to whom the Republic ought to reach out the most might not be such a good...
...touchy-at-best subject of identity, French staunchness contrasts sharply with Americans’ cautious sensitivity. But here on the quiet streets of Paris’ suburbs, where Muslims are, in some places, the majority, and where Muslim women wearing headscarves shuffle along their daily routines undisturbed, the France imagined by legislators seems more than just a métro ride away...
Adam Goldenberg '08, a Crimson editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. He has spent the summer asserting his own national identity (i.e. “not American”) while coaxing the French into talking to him about theirs...
...While the combination of cheap drinks, touchy French people, and stripping firemen could have and, in fact, should have resulted in an iffy situation, it didn’t. Maybe it was because we were in a firehouse, or because the drinking age is 18. Maybe the French relaxed vibe completely engulfed us, but it was simply a memorable night...
...grew up in Paris, but this summer I discovered many new ways of having fun of which the Bal des Pompiers is just one example. One of the skills the French have mastered, in part as a result of the country’s socialist tendencies, is the organization of public entertainment, free from red ropes and costly tabs and instead open to all. In the capital, City Hall and the current (socialist) mayor have also done their fair share to improve Parisian life like Vélib, a new initiative which offers very cheap rental bikes around the city...