Men And Which Role Did They Play In The History Of France According To Dubois

1. Who were/are the following men and which role(s) did they play / do they play in the history of France according to Dubois?

Gabriel Hanot

•Gabriel Hanot was a french footballer. He was successful being a playing football as a winger and defense, and during his playing days won the French cup at the age of 19, but eventually had to cut his career short because of injuries. Hanot is a big reason for the creation and the viability of tournaments like the UEFA Champions League. Hanot was an advocate for France strengthening the National with the inclusion of immigrants and was a voice of reason to include diverse players.

Rachid Mekhloufi

•Rachid Mekhloufi was an Algerian striker in the 1950’s and 60’s and played for Saint Etienne in France.

In a way it’s a bit of what we kind of have here in the United States. We have suburbs of all different kinds of diversity racially and economically, good neighborhoods some bad. The big problem that stems from ignorance, a lot of people from the banliegue don’t really know how they fit in the French society. They have failed to identify with someone that specifically a candidate that will voice their concern, which nullifies there right to vote. In a way soccer has help those problems a bit, Thurman and Zidane became the people that those residence saw as their leaders and voice in the political realm. They saw someone that was successful and started off where they are and when they saw that they saw

The French was truly multicultural and multiracial in terms of immigrants that were welcomed into the country as well as the immigrants that were already in the country. That term was La France Metissee truly fought against racism in France. During the World Cup in 1998, the even brought pride in the French people as it showed that France had a football team that was created with mixed races and ethnicities. That trickled down as to the people of France as La France Metissee was more visible after France won the World Cup in 1998, “that French victory had united the national community, bringing together people of all origins, and it represented the victory of Republican integration. Many French people were rediscovering a lost feeling of national pride”