National origin discrimination or racial discrimination? The mobilization of SNCF's Moroccan railway workers

In 2018, 848 Moroccan railway workers had the French national train company convicted for national origin discrimination. In the French context, this fight and the judicial outcome are remarkable. The absence of class action and the colour blind environment have historically limited mobilization aga...

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Published inEthnic and racial studies Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 788 - 808
Main Authors Chappe, Vincent-Arnaud, Keyhani, Narguesse
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 12.03.2023
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Subjects
Class action lawsuits
Colonialism
colour blind
Discrimination
Frame analysis
Humanities and Social Sciences
immigration
law
Mobilization
nationality
Postcolonialism
Racial discrimination
Sociology
Workers
immigration
discrimination
law
color blind
nationality
mobilization
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Summary:In 2018, 848 Moroccan railway workers had the French national train company convicted for national origin discrimination. In the French context, this fight and the judicial outcome are remarkable. The absence of class action and the colour blind environment have historically limited mobilization against racial discrimination. This article examines the conditions of this success despite the institutional context. Some peripheral actors tried but failed to impose a racial and post-colonial framing. Only the "national origin discrimination" framework enabled the achievement of the legal case.
ISSN:0141-9870
1466-4356
DOI:10.1080/01419870.2022.2030486