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Rokhaya Diallo Rokhaya Diallo wrote, “#MamoudouGassama While the nation elevates an undocumented hero, it is also pursuing harsh measures against immigration and seeking to punish those who try to provide support to migrant people” (​Twitter).​ Rokhaya Diallo tweeted this to describe how France granted Mamoudou Gassama, the young Malian migrant who rescued a child dangling off of a balcony, French citizenship while France struggles with the rights of migrants. The ethnic prejudices in the French society sparked Rokhaya Diallo to start “Les Indivisibles, French Without Comment, as a way use parody and humour to break prejudices, racial discrimination racism, and peacefully fight against racism in France.” Since she was tackling racism, state-sponsored racism, and supporting Muslim women who wanted to wear the hijab, she was asked to step down from the French Digital Council. While some referred to her as a “decolonial feminist”, Rokhaya is a peace activist who fights for the rights of immigrants and takes a stand against racism and state sponsored racism in France.

Rokhaya Diallo was born and raised in Paris, France. She is the daughter of Senegalese and Gambian parents. Her parents came to France in the seventies to provide a decent life for her and her brother. “My parents came to France in the seventies to provide a decent life for their children.” (Diallo, Blog) “I grew up fully aware of their sacrifice: the departure from their country was a brutal removal, distancing them from their loved ones, challenging them with carving out a spot in a new country and sometimes confronting them with disdain or hostility.”

(Diallo, Blog) “They had to completely rebuild their lives" (Diallo, Blog). Rokhaya Diallo realized how much her parents lost. The things her parents have done and went through for her and her brother have had a big influence on her life.

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Rokhaya Diallo started her activism when she joined her community council as a young girl`..,

She was introduced to racism and standing up for beliefs at a young age. As a child,

Rokhaya didn’t think of herself as a black child but just as another French kid. , “That’s why I became a journalist, writer, and filmmaker. I was fed up with people who knew nothing about my experience and spoke on my behalf.” (Diallo Youtube) She is the founder and former president of Les Indivisibles, a French organization that uses humor and irony to fight racism and stereotypes. This group impacted people in France by bringing awareness to racism and prejudices using humor.

Rokhaya Diallo follows Gandhi’s principles of sarvodaya, which is the uplift of all, swadeshi, which is local economy, and satyagraha, which is the power of truth. She implements the principles of sarvodaya, swadeshi, and satyagraha through her movement and organization by uniting people of different backgrounds to address, and stand against racism and prejudices, bringing people of France together, and by fighting against racism and prejudices, and standing up for people’s human rights. Following these principles of sarvodaya, swadeshi, and satyagraha are the most effective way to achieve the goals of bringing awareness to state sponsored racism and racism, breaking prejudices. These principles bring focus on things locally, bring people together, and also influences a new way of thinking.

Gene Sharp researched and cataloged 198 methods of nonviolent action. Rokhaya Diallo utilizes Gene Sharp’s methods of public speeches, humorous skits and pranks, newspapers and journals, and records, radio, and television. These specific methods were chosen because she uses these methods through her work of journalism, filmmaking, Some

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methods that could work just as well or even better are marches and slogans, caricatures, and symbols.

Conclusion..

Rokhaya’s work should be important to everyone else in the world because, she

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Healey, Alex, et al. “Rokhaya Diallo: ‘As a Black Woman, My Freedom of Speech Didn’t Have Value.’” The Guardian, The Guardian, 18 Jan. 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/jan/17/the-guardian-interview-rokhaya-diallo.

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