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Written by Priscilla Lalisse
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 Who: Julien, age 28 (almost), business analyst for a luxury goods company.
PM: Where are you from originally?
JD: Angers. It?s a medium-sized city, 300 km from Paris in the south west. But I have worked and live in Paris for a few years now, after having lived in Normandy for seven years.
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Written by Priscilla Lalisse
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 Ten Questions for une Française
WHO: Amina, age 23, Second year student in Foreign Languages Masters Program.
PM: Where are you from originally?
Amina: I'm French with origins from Mali.
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Written by Priscilla Lalisse
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Ten Questions for une Française
 WHO: Nguyen, age 36, accountant.
PM: Where are you from originally?
NT: Saigon, South Vietnam, but I am a French citizen.
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Written by Priscilla Lalisse
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 In the U.S. we?re used to seeing black doctors, lawyers, news anchors, reporters, surgeons, and of course, business owners. In France however, it?s a different story. Last summer Paris got its first ever lead news anchor, a black man named Harry Roselmack who fills in for senior journalist Patrick Poivre d?Arvor?s (known as PPDA). No one expected it or saw it coming and the noise still hasn?t died down.
Phillipe Megange is what I like to call atypique in Paris too. He stands out because he?s a black Frenchman riding at the helm of his own company, Prestige Business Center . Like Roselmack, Megange has roots in Martinique and is changing the way people usually think about the black French population.
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Written by Priscilla Lalisse
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 Ten Questions for une Française
WHO: Laétitia, age 29, accountant for a ready-to-wear company.
PM: How long have you lived in Paris?
LM: Since completing college. I grew up in the Rhone Alpes area though, and I?m of mixed ancestry?what we call metisse. In English, I think you call it biracial.
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