EP 131. TREVOR NOAH & RACE
The French soccer team that won the World Cup was pretty black. Too black, apparently, for racists, white supremacists and... Daily Show host Trevor Noah? A brouhaha between Trevor Noah and the French Government gives us an insight into the vast difference between how French and American liberals think about race and identity. In France, identity politics is considered toxic -- particularly by the Left. John Lichfield understands both perspectives. He's a Brit who's lived in the US and France, and worked for 20 years as the Paris correspondent for Britain's The Independent newspaper. He won the UK Press Awards Foreign Reporter of the year for his French reporting. Josh and John wrestle with identity politics on both sides of the pond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices