Booklaunch | Vivre, libre · Amandine Gay

We invite you to the launch of 𝑉𝑖𝑣𝑟𝑒, 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑒. 𝐸𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑢 𝑐œ𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑟𝑒́𝑚 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒, a hard-hitting essay by Amandine Gay published by Éditions du remue-ménage.

Alexandra Pierre will host a discussion with the author.

This event is made possible thanks to the support of RéQEF.

FRIDAY · FEBRUARY 20 @ 6 p.m.
LIBRAIRIE UN LIVRE À SOI

 How can we live and emancipate ourselves in a world shaped by racial oppression? By starting to recognize its systemic dimension: more than an ideology of hatred, more than an individual or moral issue, it is a political regime whose historical and philosophical foundations continue to operate today.

In this book, Amandine Gay reveals its mechanisms through an exploration of her own journey and pop culture classics: from adult domination to family, friendship, sexuality, and work, she identifies the daily manifestations of white supremacy and the mechanisms that perpetuate it. As a keen observer of power relations, she points out the ordinary forms of racial violence, but also the means of freeing ourselves from it. Following in the footsteps of the Black Jacobins, whose post-revolutionary declaration of independence she echoes, the author invites us to shift our perspective and engage in active anti-racism, essential conditions for a truly universal emancipation.

Director and producer 𝑂𝑢𝑣𝑟𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑥, 2017; 𝑈𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎̀ 𝑠𝑜𝑖, 2021), Amandine Gay is also an activist and author (𝑈𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑒́𝑒 𝑒𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡, 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑢𝑒-𝑚𝑒́𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒, 2021). She is a regular speaker on topics such as Afrofeminism, cultural industries, and adoption.