bleu blanc black
with resonant bodies festival audience choir
Bleu Blanc Black means Blue White Black, and refers to a common way to refer to the French flag, except the last color should be Rouge (red), not black. The lyrics contain many layers of playing on words. Here is a quick translation with a couple layers of understanding of these words:
Je me sens bleu
I feel blue, or I seem to be
Je me sens blanc
I feel white, or I fake to be
Je me sens black
I feel black
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Sans bla bla
Without bla bla
Sang
Blood
In France (and Europe), many think "we don't have a racism problem", because they somewhat made it disappear by banning the use of the word race. If language is now more accurate, unfortunately its intellectual twists have erased the colonial history that makes racism a reality for the many 1st, 2nd & 3rd generation French people of color, or Afropeans. In "cool" company, it is appropriate to replace the word "noir" by its English equivalent "black", likely using language to distance one's story from another's reality.
Je me sens bleu
I feel blue, or I seem to be
Je me sens blanc
I feel white, or I fake to be
Je me sens black
I feel black
Semblable à
Similar to
Sans bla bla
Without bla bla
Sang
Blood
In France (and Europe), many think "we don't have a racism problem", because they somewhat made it disappear by banning the use of the word race. If language is now more accurate, unfortunately its intellectual twists have erased the colonial history that makes racism a reality for the many 1st, 2nd & 3rd generation French people of color, or Afropeans. In "cool" company, it is appropriate to replace the word "noir" by its English equivalent "black", likely using language to distance one's story from another's reality.