Tahar Ben Jelloun

Racism explained to my daughter

"A child is curious. He asks a lot of questions and expects precise and convincing answers. You don't cheat with a child's questions. It was while accompanying me to a demonstration against a bill on immigration that my daughter asked me about racism. We talked a lot. Children are better placed than anyone to understand that we are not born racist but that we become so. Sometimes. This book, which tries to answer my daughter's questions, is aimed at children who do not yet have prejudices and want to understand. As for the adults who will read it, I hope that it will help them to answer the questions, more embarrassing than we think, of their own children. "