Editing White people (section)

===== Background =====
Whites in France have been studied with regard the group's historical involvement in [[French colonialism]]; how "whites in France have played a major international role in colonizing areas of the globe such as the [[African continent]]."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Handbook of Social Problems: A Comparative International Perspective|chapter=Social Problems; France: Colonialism And Contemporary Racism|author=George Ritzer|author-link=George Ritzer|date=2003|publisher=[[Sage Publications]]|isbn=978-0-7619-2610-8|quote=[[France]] has a long tradition of overseas colonialism. While whites in the [[United States]] have historically exploited many [[people of color]] mostly within the country, whites in France have played a major international role in colonizing areas of the globe such as the [[African continent]].}}</ref>

They have been described as a privileged social class within the country, comparatively sheltered from racism and poverty. {{lang|de|[[Der Spiegel]]}} has reported how "most white people in France only know the banlieues as a kind of caricature". [[Banlieues]], outer-city regions across the country that are increasingly identified with minority groups, often have residents who are disproportionately affected by unemployment and poverty.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/movies-in-misery-an-escape-from-the-squalor-of-the-paris-banlieues-a-649c9e4a-7777-499e-8ae6-72cef8c0caa2|title=An Escape from the Squalor of the Paris Banlieues|author=Britta Sandberg|date=19 August 2020|work=[[Der Spiegel]]|quote=Most white people in France only know the [[banlieues]] as a kind of caricature, such as that presented by the right-wing populist [[Marine Le Pen]] during her political campaigns.}}</ref>

The lack of census data collected by the [[INED]] and [[INSEE]] for Whites in France has been analyzed, from some academic perspectives, as masking racial issues within the country, or a form of false [[racial color blindness]]. Writing for [[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]], French journalist [[Rokhaya Diallo]] suggests that "a large portion of White people in France are not used to having frank conversations about race and racism."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/10/10/french-whiteness-is-in-crisis/|title=French whiteness is in crisis|author=Rokhaya Diallo|author-link=Rokhaya Diallo|date=10 October 2019|publisher=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]}}</ref> According to political sociologist [[Eduardo Bonilla-Silva]], "whites in France lie to themselves and the world by proclaiming that they do not have institutional racism in their nation."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France|chapter=From the Inside Flap|author=Jean Beaman|date=2017|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|isbn=978-0-520-29426-4}}</ref> Sociologist [[Crystal Marie Fleming]] has written; "While many whites in France refuse to acknowledge institutionalized racism and [[white supremacy]], there is widespread belief in the specter of 'anti-white racism'".<ref name="Fleming2020">{{Cite news|url=https://h-france.net/Salon/SalonVol12no1.6.Fleming.pdf|title=How to Be Less Stupid About Race in France|volume=12|page=3|author=Crystal Marie Fleming|author-link=Crystal Marie Fleming|date=2020|publisher=H-France Salon|quote=Finally, as I also argue in ''How to Be Less Stupid About Race'', those of us engaged in the work of [[anti-racism]] in and outside of the academy, must continually disrupt efforts to establish a false equivalence between whites and racialized minorities. While many whites in [[France]] refuse to acknowledge institutionalized racism and white supremacy, there is widespread belief in the specter of "anti-white racism,"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=How to Be Less Stupid about Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide|author=Crystal Marie Fleming|author-link=Crystal Marie Fleming|date=2018|publisher=[[Beacon Press]]|isbn= 978-0-8070-5077-4}}</ref>