ABSTRACT
This chapter examines Black Francophone perceptions and experiences of racism within Francophone communities and mainstream institutions. It is within these communities that Francophones interact and that is where Blacks are situated as a double minority. Similarly, Francophone institutions have become sites where relations of power are exercised and resisted (Berger, 1996; Ibrahim, 1998). The discourse of Blacks illustrates various forms of racism faced within Francophone communities. I, however, will focus on specific practices of racism relating to how Blacks perceive power relations among Francophones; the exclusion of Blacks from key power positions, the dynamics of power among organizations of women and the lack of open discourse about racism from the dominant Francophone population.
