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ANGUS B. GRIEVE-SMITH SAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY [email protected] @GRVSMTH Teaching Multicultural Americans about Multicultural France
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Page 1: Teaching Multicultural Americans about Multicultural France

ANGUS B. GRIEVE -SMITHSAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY

ANGUS@GRIEVE -SMITH.COM@GRVSMTH

Teaching Multicultural Americans about

Multicultural France

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Saint John’s University

“In 1870, John Loughlin, Bishop of Brooklyn, asked the Vincentian Community to establish an institution of higher education to serve a growing immigrant population.”

Student population in 2011: 44% White, 15% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 13% Black (SJU Institutional Research)

Photo: Saint John’s University

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Core: Language and Culture: French

Mostly business and professional students

Exempt from language requirement

Majors in Pharmacy, Sports Management, Criminal Justice

Interested in sports, fashion, hip-hop, R&B music

Photo: Saint John’s University

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Ethnicities in LAC: French at Saint John’s, 2008-2010

Asian13%

Black36%

Hispanic10%

White24%

White with French Heritage

3%

Black with French Heritage

10%

Asian with French Heritage

4%

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What is French culture?

Wine, cheese, croissants

FashionFlaubert and ProustMonet and CézanneRavel and PiafLots of white people

Image: Classontheweb.com

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The challenge: how French culture is perceived

WhiteExpensiveSpecializedMonolithicSnobbishBoringToo alien

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Multiculturalism in France

Rue du Faubourg St Denis, Paris. Photo: Déjà Rue

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Multiculturalism in French News

Nicolas Sarkozy, President 2007-2012, fourth Jewish president

39% reported being either immigrants, children or grandchildren of immigrants in 2008, 2.5% of sub-Saharan African ancestry (Genier et al., 2011)

Anne Hidalgo and Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet. Photo: Miguel

Medina, AFP

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France’s Multicultural Empire

BelgiumSwitzerlandQuebecHaitiAlgeriaEgyptMaliCongoVietnamCambodia

Members of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

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Multiculturalism in French History

Let me assure you without exaggeration that the number who speak [French] purely do not exceed three million [20%]” (Grégoire, 1794)

Henri Grégoire, painter unknown

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Multiculturalism in Ancient History

GreeksGaulsRomansFranksGothsBurgundiansAlansNormansBretonsAlamanniAncient Greek port of Masilia

Photo: Wikipedia

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Multiculturalism in French Literature

Alexandre Dumas, 1855 (Photo: Nadar) Emile Zola, 1902 (Self portrait)

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Multiculturalism in French sports

Tony Parker (Johnson, Wikipedia) Zinedine Zidane (Ruddell, Wikipedia)

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Multiculturalism in French music

Mokobé (Africahit)

Diam’s (Gala.fr)

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Exploring Multicultural France

History including immigrationGeography

Regions of France Other countries/territories with French culture

Videos including hip-hopWeekly news summariesBook report

Written in French, or About an aspect of French language and Culture

Presentation

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The takeaway

All nations are multiculturalShow enough difference for students to learnShow enough similarity for students to relate