Colonial Chickens coming home to roost
Black mayor faces abuse as France confronts racism in public life
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Ever since the election of Bally Bagayoko as mayor of the French capital's largest suburb, the city hall in Saint-Denis has been targeted with racist phone calls.
"Hello? Is it true you have to wear a headscarf to go to school?" one caller asked. "Is this the town of Blacks and Arabs?" said another.
In a third instance, someone stayed silent, playing a song by Amadou and Mariam, a Malian musical duo.
The five switchboard operators at Saint-Denis town hall say they have had similar messages several times a day since Bagayoko, who was born in France to Malian parents, was elected mayor of the working-class town in mid-March.
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