Transcript of Interview of Gwénaële Calvès by Daniel Sabbagh

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

This is the transcript of a video interview between Gwénaële Calvès, professor of law at Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 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:

• The Case Against "Statistiques Ethniques"
• "Statistiques Ethniques" and Indirect Discrimination
• The European Dimension of Antidiscrimination Law
• Differences in Procedures and Domains Within Antidiscrimination Law
• Antidiscrimination and the Promotion of "Diversity"
• The Connection Between Discrimination and the Immigration Debate?
• Proposals
• What France Can't Learn from America

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

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