Living in Paris: My experience as a black person | Studies, working in Paris , la vie quotidienne

My people are so defeated. They all want either be European or with European. Praying for the day that being African comes back in style.

In this moment, unfortunely, racism increase in France. The fact is that traditional republicans politiciens became allied with facists (extrême droite). So, in the street , at work, at school, racists act as racist and our government do nothing. Why ? Because they can't keep the power without racists voices at the elections.
More than 20years that situation exist...

Racists are 20%, in France and antifascist 20% also. So, these egality give a big power for the opportunist politiciens. Dramatically, they prefer the racists.
That's a big politiciens problem that's destroy, day by day, our country and our mind : liberté, égalité, fraternité.
From France :p

Please Dear LORD GOD protect your daughter and may you open doors for her. In Jesus mighty name amen.

J'espère et je prie pour que chaque nation africaine et toutes les nations comptant des personnes d'ascendance africaine intentent des poursuites en réparation auprès des familles royales et des nations occidentales, y compris les États-Unis d'Amérique 🇺🇸 pour le RETOUR DE JÉSUS-CHRIST 🙏 🙏 🙏.
Ainsi, Rendre sa grandeur à l’Afrique (MAGA).

Seulement lorsque les Africains et les personnes d'ascendance africaine seront remboursés et seront remboursés pour les abominations passées, présentes et sinon ARRÊTÉES/TERMINÉES de l'ESCLAVAGE - même pas considéré comme des humains mais comme une propriété, la COLONISATION et provoquant des guerres civiles, des pillages de la matière première naturelle. Ressources à peu ou pas de frais tout en facturant aux nations les taux d'intérêt les plus élevés pour les prêts et tous les produits importés, y compris ceux fabriqués à partir des matières premières qui ont été pillées, meurtres/brutalité policière et meurtres, emprisonnement massif d'hommes, de femmes et de familles noirs à des fins lucratives. , et être volé parce que nous sommes sous-payés, embauchés pour la dernière fois, d'abord licenciés ou licenciés, payant le plus grand montant des diverses taxes, assurance automobile/locataire en tant que population à revenus moyens et faibles, à la fois en tant que propriétaires et non-propriétaires/locataires. , des aliments de mauvaise qualité vendus dans les supermarchés et les magasins du quartier et trop d'injustices pour être comptées à ce jour.
Tout comme le peuple juif a intenté des poursuites et a été, est et continuera d’être récompensé pour l’abomination de l’Holocauste. Ce n’est qu’alors que les Africains et les personnes d’ascendance africaine DEVIENNENT ET ACCEPTÉS COMME DIEU ORDONNE/PENSÉ ÉGAL À TOUTE L’HUMANITÉ. C'EST NOTRE DESTIN DIVINE À NOTRE DIEU D'EXPOSER ET DE REJETER CES PEUPLES. TROMPERIE/MENSONGE/MANIPULATION SPIRITUELLE QUE LES PEUPLES NOIRS SONT MAUDITS ET DESTINES À PORTER LES CHARGEURS DU MONDE 🌎 PARCE QUE JÉSUS-CHRIST (SAUVEUR, L'OINT) ÉTAIT, EST ET POURRAIT JAMAIS SUPPORTER LES PÉCHÉS/BURDERS DE L'HUMANITÉ/ DE L'HOMME.

+++### PLUS JAMAIS, ET DONC PAS DE JUSTICE PAS DE PAIX POUR LE RETOUR DE JÉSUS-CHRIST, ET POUR TOUJOURS.### +++

I hear Paris dirty AF

Asante sana kwa kushare nasi experiance yako toka Tanzania mpaka Paris. ❤❤❤❤❤🇸🇪🇸🇪🇹🇿🇹🇿🙏

Sasa twambie kitu cha kutumia usoni kutoa rynkors? Ukiwa tayari niambie. 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇹🇿🇹🇿🙏

Honestly I’ve never had a strong urge visit or live in Paris but I’ve always wanted to live in the French countryside or French seaside smaller cities/towns. Any suggestions based upon hospitality and affordability?

As a black person you have most likely felt like home in Paris

I lived in Versailles and worked in Paris for 9 years the best combi ever, then move to Bretagne and wow life is so much better la vie est belle!

Your skin color define your entire personality and that's fucking cringe

I want to come this year
I speak french well...

Thank you for this video. Please recommend where a person can live outside Paris while still working in Paris?

1. You’re stunning.

2. I don’t live there, but I’ve been there twice on extended trips. I was treated very well and everyone I spoke to was very kind. A lady in Galeries Lafayette gave me the best compliment. I was checking out at the counter and she started speaking to me in French. I asked, in French, if she spoke English. She giggled and switched to English, and said that she thought I was French because I didn’t dress like a tourist. She said the tourists don’t dress as well as French ladies, and she liked my coat. I have never felt so chic🤣

administrative procedures in France... quite a tragic epic lol. but if it can reassure you even the French often miss one or two steps lol and so we go back and forth to the town hall lol. I wouldn't talk about racism because being white, I'm not faced with this problem and therefore I can't really understand it. mais si tu es encore en france je te souhaite de pouvoir en profité et si tu es deja partie j'espere que tu garde quand meme un bon souvenir de mon pays .

Thanks for sharing your experience! Very insightful.

Which suburb do you live in and which would you recommend?

omg umetoka tanzania?! Mambo, vipi za lehyo?

Hello there! Thank you for your wonderful video. I am black American getting ready to move to Paris this week. I don't know French, and I am looking to learn it. I plan to learn the language while I try teaching online and face to face.

I love your hair! Where do you get your hair done in Paris?

U have an accent 😲

Why are you complaining about racism, are not white with this long fake hair or do you not wish to be white? Girl please, keep quiet!

France is amazing- I’ve never experienced such politeness as a black man

That hair color is beautiful!!

Anyone have experience with Provence? Are they black tourist friendly in that region?

Why black people ?????? Paris is only racist black people 💀

The US is crowded as well if you’re staying in a big city like Atlanta or New York or Los Angeles and the housing unit is going to be small and you’re still gonna spend a fortune. It’s expensive here too…we have more jobs though.

lol
paris it is not the france
i live in 1 city of 200 000 peoples and i pay 450 euros for 90m2 (760ft2)

It's interesting how they would have believe you are inferior, only because they don't know their history. The pyramids are in Africa, and so is the Phoenix, which bears African features, among the statues, and paintings. The moors dominated parts of Europe for centuries, and civilized it. The richest man to ever live was Mansa Musa, worth 400 billion guess where he was from...

Do you feel blessed???

I've read another comment from another african american living in France, his take was very interesting imo;
Basically he was saying that racism in USA was systemic, as ingrained into the country's law (Jim Crow ...) while in France it is illegal and has been for centuries (as in punishable by law).
Therefore racism in France is found more frequently at the individual level the way delinquency is, whereas in USA it's found at the level of global community (KKK) and the level of the States as well as in court - remnants of racist laws are still enforced as of now, or are being reinstated. That's a very deeply rooted thinking process turned into a way of life.

But in recent decades, the whole western civilisation has been dealing with terrorism and the backlash of racism directed towards the muslim and arab communities.
As well as a very negative views pertaining to illegal immigration.
But it's an entirely different debate and the "racists" embracing that hostility are not the same populations than the old scholl racists we had before, as many second or third generation immigrants have also become hostile to the newer immigration waves as well, even towards the new people coming from the same countries than them.

As a 56 yo french man, i'm sorry you faced unpleasant racism situation

Do they have fake hair, nails, and eyelash places? You know...for all the black women that like to dress as clowns.

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Monday is the first day of the week in France and shops are open all day long, what are you talking about ? Did you stay in a small lost village in France ?😂

Awesome well thought out conversation. Thank you for sharing your expat experiences.

Very astute advices. As a French national, I think you’ve nailed it perfectly on many points. Thanks!

Who does your hair?

🤩 I really enjoyed this! Definitely reminds me of when I transition from the US to Japan 🇯🇵! Living in the city area of Japan was so noisy. Once I purchased a home outside the city, my health and mental health improved significantly.😊

Why do you choose to see things by the colour of your skin? Sounds like a victim mentality.

What is true is that to feel comfortable in Paris, to live there, and not feel overwhelmed by the crowds, the noise, etc., you have to be a Parisian, ie born there, raided there and live there.
Most French who come to live in Paris, also have a tough time adapting too, and go back to other places after their initial years in paris.
As far as administration is concerned, I believe it is exactly the same handling US immigration office for instance, except Americans never experience that side of the US administration.

What is true is that to feel comfortable in Paris, to live there, and not feel overwhelmed by the crowds, the noise, etc., you have to be a Parisian, ie born there, raided there and live there.
Most French who come to live in Paris, also have a tough time adapting too, and go back to other places after their initial years in paris.
As far as administration is concerned, I believe it is exactly the same handling US immigration office for instance, except Americans never experience that side of the US administration.

Youre black and whatever the Subject, blacks feel the need to talk about racism.
The problem w black and arabs, they take things for granted. Just be polite and behave yourself properly racism dissappears like a magic. Im color too but so pissed off of the division and the victimhood card you create in the french society

Where did you move there from? That detail seems to be missing from your storytelling 2mins in. (love your hair/hair color, btw!)

Many black Americans are treated more favorably than blacks from other countries, so I hear.

Fantastic presentation 🎉

We Haitians do use the "tu" form more than the French but much less than the Africans, the Canadians or the Louisianais. ln francophone countries you are always on the safe side when you use the "vous" (you) form. When you are in doubt always use the "vous". ln other languages like German, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, ltalian, there is the tu and the vous system. ln Germany, you will have a heavy fine if you say "tu" (du) to a policeman. The King of Spain in informal conversations says "tu" to his Ministers. In the English language, the "tu" does exist, it is the "thou". lt fell largely into disuse and the polite form "you" was generalized, simplifying the things once and for all. William Shakespeare uses the "thou" in his plays.

I am from the Caribbean, Trinidad with ancestors from all the former French colonies in the Caribbean, so my ancestors are from West Africa, France and Britain. I have never been to West Africa and I only care to visit Ghana tbh, but I love Scotland and France a lot. England, not so much, but I call France the other mother land, because I felt very at home there even more than Scotland...