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SOS Racisme

Hands Off My Buddy

Claire Background  SOS Racisme is a French anti-racist NGO  Founded in 1984  Has a Spanish counterpart, SOS Racismo

Claire Activities   Has as main goal of fighting racial discrimination Offers support to immigrants and racial minorities facing discrimination

Vivian Methods Research  SOS Racisme uses testing as a method to expose racial discrimination by finding where racial double-standards may exist  For example when applying for a job  Leblanc Vs Dati

Vivian Presidents of SOS Racisme     Harlem Désir, 1984–92 Fodé Sylla, 1992–99 Malek Boutih, 1999–2003 Dominique Sopo, 2003–present

Stephen General Information    Its main slogan was Touche pas à

mon pote.

SOS-Racisme was initially the idea of Julien Dray, a député for the Parti Socialiste.

At the peak of its popularity in the mid 1980s, SOS-Racisme enjoyed broad support amongst young French men and women of all ethnic origins and also that of the media

General Information Stephen  SOS-Racisme wore it multicultural appeal as a badge of pride  However, SOS-Racisme's initial celebration of multicultural France was short-lived.