https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France's top administrative court on Thursday overturned a ban on the display in a pastry shop of "racist" cakes in the shape of a naked man and woman coated in dark chocolate. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150416/top-french-court-overturns-ban-on-racist-cakes Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:47:09 +0200 top-french-court-overturns-ban-on-racist-cakes A court in the French Riviera on Thursday ordered a French cake maker to remove cakes from his bakery after he was accused of inciting racial hatred and the cakes branded "obscene". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150326/french-baker-forced-to-remove-racist-cakes Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:03:50 +0100 french-baker-forced-to-remove-racist-cakes A French comedy that’s the biggest box office hit of the year in France, has been turned down by Anglo film distributors because they consider it 'politically incorrect' and borderline racist. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141010/anglos-reject-racist-french-comedy-film Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:08:00 +0200 anglos-reject-racist-french-comedy-film France's Moroccan-born new education minister was the target this week of a far-right magazine who slammed the appointment of the "Moroccan Muslim" as a "provocation". https://www.thelocal.fr/20140903/moroccan-born-french-leader-target-of-racist-headline Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:51:00 +0200 moroccan-born-french-leader-target-of-racist-headline The French government has firmly rebuked scores of 'racist' comments left on an education ministry Facebook post which shows a back-to-school scene with mostly non-white children. The image has elicited a furious online debate. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140901/france-school-photo-prompts-racist-comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:07:00 +0200 france-school-photo-prompts-racist-comments France's senior black politician, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has admitted that a recent slew of racist insults - including being compared to a monkey - had caused her children pain. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131121/racist-taunts-have-hurt-my-kids-black-french-minister-taubira-monkey-racism Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:20:00 +0100 racist-taunts-have-hurt-my-kids-black-french-minister-taubira-monkey-racism Despite being France's most prominent black politician, Christiane Taubira has stayed next to silent on race since becoming Justice Minister. But this week she broke her silence with an extraordinary interview that warned against the illusion of a post-racial France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131108/christiane-taubira-race-racism-france Fri, 08 Nov 2013 18:39:00 +0100 christiane-taubira-race-racism-france