Dorothée Barba corrects "a bullshit" she said on France Inter

A journalist who is self-critical is rare enough to be reported. This Tuesday, Dorothée Barba, who hosts L'Eté as ever on France Inter wanted to correct on Twitter a “bullshit” that she said on the air.

Today's show was devoted to “dual culture”. A subject she brought up with singer and songwriter Olivia Ruiz, singer and host Valli and writer Grace Ly.

The latter referred to the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “I recently read and enjoyed Americanah , one of her books. In passing, I wanted to advise the listeners. But I didn't have the author's name in front of me. So I said: "We call it Chimamanda, it's simpler," "summarized after the fact, late in the morning, Dorothée Barba on Twitter. Hence his mea culpa.

If I had heard that on the radio, as a listener, I would have been upset. No, you don't call a woman by her first name because “it's easier”. This largely contributes to the invisibilization of women.

"Words are never a detail"

“If I had heard that on the radio, as a listener, I would have been upset,” she writes. No, you don't call a woman by her first name because "it's easier". This largely contributes to the invisibilization of women. No, we do not spare the surname of a person on the pretext that it is too complicated to pronounce. It is simply sexist and racist. "

The journalist continued her series of tweezing by arguing that some people would probably find it "not so serious", especially since she was well intentioned. “But words are never a detail. We know what hell is paved with. We are all steeped in stereotypes to be deconstructed. This reminds me of it! », She concluded.

Dozens of Internet users have praised Dorothée Barba for her approach and the way in which she rectified the situation.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 42, is the author of several short stories and novels, including The other half of the sun and Americanah published in France in 2008 and 2015. She has also signed essays including  We are all feminists , published in France in 2015.

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