French officials shifted naturalization policy toward racial separation in the 1920s

Evidence

What was true of the empire’s impact on the culture of the metropole in the 192o’s must be true in other decades as well. Republican France has had a long history of partially and sometimes fully excluding certain groups from the larger democratic polity in the twentieth century-immigrants, Jews, and women, as well as colonial subjects, come to mind. The fact that until 1962 France had an empire in which such exclusion was the norm suggests that the practice of colonialism may well have reinforced and enabled these other forms of discrimination in the metropole in ways that have not yet been recognized. Another major conclusion of my study is that this cross-fertilization of ideas, habits, and trends between the Republic and the empire existed, and that it deserves more serious attention than it has received. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 886 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: From 1912 French colonial policy shifted toward preserving African Islamic institutions.; African naturalization applicants faced extra hurdles that French foreigners did not; World War I and right-wing politics drove French racism into colonial policy (+9 more)

Related

• French state policy in the 1920s actively sought racial regeneration of France (similarity 0.92)
• French colonial policy racialized in the 1920s, retreating from assimilation toward racial separation. (similarity 0.89)
• Colonial exclusion practices reinforced discrimination against immigrants, Jews, and women in France (similarity 0.88)
• Colonized peoples’ revolts in Africa intensified France’s interwar racial conservatism (similarity 0.87)
• France tightened naturalization requirements without officially abandoning assimilation policy (similarity 0.86)
• Postwar French colonial policy shifted toward racial separation and away from assimilation (similarity 0.86)
• African inclusion demands triggered stricter racial boundary-drawing by French officials (similarity 0.84)
• From 1912 French colonial policy shifted toward preserving African Islamic institutions. (similarity 0.84)
• African naturalization applicants faced extra hurdles that French foreigners did not (similarity 0.83)
• Postwar colonial officials met African demands for inclusion with surveillance and more restrictive boundaries (similarity 0.82)
• Colonial assimilation policy aimed to remake Africans into black-skinned Frenchmen (similarity 0.82)
• World War I and right-wing politics drove French racism into colonial policy (similarity 0.82)
• France’s segregationist native courts reflected the ideology of the colonial era (similarity 0.82)
• Colonial exclusion practices enabled broader French domestic discrimination until 1962 (similarity 0.82)
• French racism endured because it cooperated with progressive, liberal values (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• French state policy in the 1920s actively sought racial regeneration of France #corroborates (0.80)
• Colonial exclusion practices reinforced discrimination against immigrants, Jews, and women in France #expands (0.70) — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 886
• France stiffened citizenship requirements by demanding proof of cultural Frenchness #expands (0.70)
• Colonized peoples’ revolts in Africa intensified France’s interwar racial conservatism #exemplifies (0.60)
• France’s segregationist native courts reflected the ideology of the colonial era #exemplifies (0.50)