LIVING WHILE BLACK IN FRANCE | Black Expats' Truths on Life in Paris | Pros/Cons | Panel Discussion

Hello YouTube FAM!!! Hope all is well!

Join me while I sit with Black Expats, as they discuss their day to day experiences living while Black in France [Paris]. Many believe that America is the only place where racism, sexism and classism exists to an intense level, but as a Black Expat you find such social constructs all over the world and maybe to an even worse level.

If you are a Black Expat wanting to move abroad or specifically to France, we discuss it all to help in your shift. We discuss the positives and the negatives, sharing the hard truths of life abroad as a Black Expat. Nevertheless, if you have a dream, a vision, a conviction to move abroad, to leave home, to disconnect from the States for a moment - GO, GO, GO!!!

"I did not know who I was until I traveled..."

Let's RAEdiate!!!

TIMESTAMPS!
00:00 Intros
03:25 PROS BEGIN
04:00 Ben - taking time out to enjoy life
05:15 Michael - work/life balance is promoted ... federal mandate for 5 weeks vacation
06:25 Damon - fresher quality of food: cheaper and accessible
08:25 Melissa - affordability of healthcare
09:25 Michael - 24-hour at home urgent care
10:30 Melissa - healthcare experience
11:25 Samantha - certain foods and drugs banned in France but allowed in the
12:45 Samantha - low cost of public education with Michael
15:30 ADVICE [for those considering to move to France]
15:50 Michael - save/have all documents Aaron birth
16:40 Melissa - be clear on your vision of why you're in France
18:15 Daniel - start ups
19:25 Rachel - research the difference between your culture and and French culture ... figure out the neighborhood you want to live
20:30 Daniel - understand Paris isn't France
21:30 Samantha - Be prepared to be disillusioned
23:15 Ben - learn the language and develop a thick skin
23:55 Damon - save as much loot beforehand as possible - must get a French bank account
25:30 Samantha - must have a side hustle due to France's difficult job process
26:20 Michael - the French will start with no versus a yes
27:45 CONS BEGIN
28:00 Intro of Kamaria
28:30 Samantha - lack of representation of black women and their stories
31:30 France is more racist, sensitive, classiest than America ... utter denial from France and most of the French
34:00 Daniel - lack of diversity on government, workplaces, etc.
36:00 Daniel - how the French change when they hear you speak English
38:25 Michael - I'm not black?!?! I'm mixed?!?!?!?!
43:40 Melissa - hyphenation of ethnicity not allowed
46:50 Papers given to essential workers
48:00 Daniel - I didn't know I was black until I came to Europe
49:00 Ben - his personal story of being treated differently as a Black man
51:00 Black America's influence
53:30 Kamaria - her experience at a French nightclub
54:45 Rachel - her little run in with the police
55:10 Damon - his viewpoint as a Black man in Paris regarding racism
1:02:30 Samantha - Adama Traoré [police brutality]
1:06:00 Daniel - a small positive
1:08:30 Samantha - what is your strategy for living in France
1:09:30 Kamaria - BANLIEUE LIVES MATTER
1:11:00 Michael - Take off your hijab!!!!
1:13:00 Samantha/Ben - Universalism
1:14:00 Kamaria - Life of an Artist / Au Père
1:19:00 Métis = "mixed race"
1:24:00 Why is my ethnicity asked in a workplace?
1:25:00 Daniel - racism/classism in UK vs France
1:26:45 C'est pas possible = It's not possible
1:27:15 Steve - a male Parisian born perspective
1:33:00 Daniel - dating as a Black male expat in France

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CAST SOCIAL MEDIA
Ben:   / mister_harr  
Damon:   / innerpeace74  
Daniel:   / daniel_demilade  
Kamaria:   / kamariaxashaphoto  
Michael:   / the1named2  
Melissa:   / _mel_abroad  
Rachel: n/a
Samantha:   / bahamasami  
Steve:   / blkreationfilms  

A BIG THANK YOU to YON for filming the entire session!!!

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