SOS Racisme emerged precisely as class politics faded from mainstream French politics

Evidence

As Annie Kriegel pointed out at the time, it is significant that SOS appeared just when class was losing its purchase on mainstream politics. … SOS is a product of the slick and superficial age into which it was born, just as our other three organisations bear the imprints of their own founding eras. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 1375

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the claim that antiracism’s rise tracks the decline of class-based appeals — a pattern resonant with broader work on identity politics replacing class politics.