Transcript of Interview of Dominique Sopo by Daniel Sabbagh

Interview Transcript / January 2010 / Available in French and in English

This is the transcript of a video interview between Dominique Sopo, president of SOS Racisme, the most influential grassroots organization in France, and Daniel Sabbagh, Senior Research Fellow at CERI – Sciences Po and scientific advisor to the Equality of Opportunity Program. This conversation was part of a series of interviews produced by the French-American Foundation between Daniel Sabbagh and five French experts on the theme of equal opportunity.

The following themes were discussed:

• France and the United States: Historical Differences
• Indirect Discrimination and "Ethno-Racial" Categories
• Racial Categorization and Audit Studies of Employment Discrimination
• Immigration and Discrimination
• The Views of SOS Racisme on Employment Discrimination
• The Anonymous CV as a Negation of the Applicant's Identity?
• Discrimination in the Housing Market
• "Against Discrimination" or "For Diversity?"
• Police Discrimination
• What Can Be Learned from the U.S. Experience?

Video excerpts from the interview are on view here in the Video Library.

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